Smooth Pancakes' Coaching Carousel Career

Yeah, my running game in my playbook pretty much was nothing but WB sweeps, FB dives and pitches. And not a single play from shotgun formation. So yeah, the playbook fix pretty much gutted my entire playbook, and essentially made it nothing but the Navy/Option playbook, which is what my custom playbook used for a base. So I'm gonna have to go in and try to repair it before I play my next game, otherwise I'm going to run into some issues against teams that can shut down my passing game, as I pretty much don't have a run game outside of my FBs, who all sat there fumbling every ball they touched, and pretty much all ended up injured at some point in the game, however briefly it may have been.

Yep, my offensive playbook did indeed get boned. In my original playbook, I had it based off of Navy's playbook, but I had it customized to, along with Flexbone, include Full House, Power I, Shotgun and Ace. In the current playbook, after the updates/fixes EA made, I have a playbook with 375 plays of Flexbone, an undefined Shotgun, and an undefined Ace. Power I and Full House are completely erased.

So now I know why my playbook had essentially nothing in it during that game against ULM. Time to go to work. And unfortunately, as even in my original playbook Full House, Power I, Shotgun and Ace all are undefined, I'm going to have to try and piece it all back together from memory. At least I know what formations I had in the original playbook, so it'll make piecing it all back together somewhat easier.

And in this case, I think I'm going to restart both my offensive and defensive playbooks brand new from scratch. I already went through my entire defensive playbook and wrote down each formation and each play into Excel, so I know exactly what to go and get play-by-play and formation-by-formation. And offense, I have to rebuild it from scratch anyways, may as well start fresh instead of trying to correct this Frankenstein one I have right now.

Alright, playbooks are done, more games to come this week. Going through while recreating my offensive playbook from scratch, I realized there were only a handful of plays that I used from Flexbone, so I decided to dump the Navy base for my playbook, and instead use Boise State as my base playbook, as it already had a lot of the formations that I use, and it had some other formations that I decided to newly include into my custom playbook, giving me a better mix of pass and run, along with more variety of the various pass and run plays, that I didn't have in my original one. It also worked well in practice mode, so it should be good to go now. So I'm happy with this new and improved offensive playbook and can't wait to hit the field against Mid Tennessee State and give it a go.

Gonna start playing the next game against Mid Tennessee State here in the next 15-20 minutes or so, around 8pm EST. One thing I just realized, I set a new personal winning streak, having won the last 4 games in a row. My previous best was 3 in a row during the first season. Depending on how long it takes me to play, type up the game summary, and get the stats typed up in the tables on here, I might try to knock out two games tonight, leaving me with just 2 games and a bowl game left to play this season, that I might try to get all played and wrapped up tomorrow since I don't have to work tomorrow.

Good luck man. You're kinda making me want to play again. Good thing I don't even have the ability to do so anymore (no longer have my 360).

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Good luck man. You're kinda making me want to play again. Good thing I don't even have the ability to do so anymore (no longer have my 360).

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Thanks man. This should be an exciting finish. While I'm bowl eligible, this season still has a long way to go. The Sun Belt title isn't secure, and a winning season isn't secure. Besides Mid Tennessee State, I still have very tough games against Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic (which they may be 3-4 on the year, but they're our rivals, and they sucked last year and still beat us), and UL Lafayette (who may be 1-6, but were extremely tough to beat last year).

So while I may be 6-2 and 4-0 in the SBC right now, if things go horribly bad, I could end up as bad as 6-6 and 4-4 in the SBC once again. So we'll find out over these next two days.

Game Nine

:FIU: :@: :MTSU:



Game Notes

--- Coming down the homestretch of our two game road trip, on a four game winning streak, bowl eligible, and sole possession of first place in the Sun Belt Conference as the lone unbeaten team, things are looking very promising for the Golden Panthers. On the docket for today, an improved Mid Tennessee State team. While we defeated the Blue Raiders with ease last year, it’s a different season, a different team, and an improved team as evidenced by their already two victories, doubling their win total from last year with four games left to play. Whoever would win today, it was going to be done in the snow, as a storm system was going through Tennessee at the time of kickoff, resulting in heavy snowfall. Mid Tennessee State won the toss and elect to kick, a kick that resulted in a touchback, setting up our opening drive from our own 20.

It was evident early on that the receivers for both teams were going to have issues running routes as a pass attempt on 2nd and 6 fell incomplete due to Darrian Mallery slipping and falling while trying to cut. After converting for a first down on 3rd and 6, the offense got pushed right back thanks to a 9 yard sack. A couple more 3rd down conversions, and our offense found themselves inside the Blue Raiders 15 yard line. Two big passes to Dominique Rhymes, and a 6 yard rush by Jeremiah Harden on 1st and goal, and our offense was able to find the end zone after a 5 minute drive. Our defense proved more than up to the job as they quickly forced a 3 and out punt from the Blue Raiders, getting the ball back to our offense on our own 40 yard line. After advancing the ball to midfield, Jake Medlock, on 2nd and 13, was able to connect with Glenn Coleman for a 45 yard strike, resulting in 1st and goal from the MTSU 7 yard line. Three rushes later, we were facing 4th and goal from the MTSU 2 yard line. We put the ball into Mallary’s hand, and as final seconds of the first quarter ticked off the clock, Mallary didn’t let us down, finding the end zone to give us a two touchdown lead. With the extra point, our lead at the end of the first quarter was 14-0.

Unfortunately for Mid Tennessee State, the second quarter wasn’t any nicer than the first quarter. Despite a defensive penalty that gave MTSU a new set of downs, sacks of 5 and 11 yards would result in a net loss for 5 yards for that offensive drive, forcing MTSU to punt on 4th and 26. Mirroring the highlights of Navy, our offense went to the ground to start our first drive of the second quarter, rushing the ball on 8 straight plays before being forced to finally go the air on 3rd and 5. A 16 yard pass to Harden, and we had a new set of downs on the MTSU 19 yard line. We would ultimately get as close as the Mid Tennessee State 8 yard line, until a pair of busted runs and a pass that got knocked down in the end zone, forced us to settle for a 25 yard field goal with 2:07 left to play in the half. MTSU tried to get something going offensively, but were ultimate stopped once again after only three plays, electing to punt of 4th and inches from their own 30 yard line rather than take a gamble, giving us the ball back on our own 31 yard line with 1:36 left to play. Seeking to put the final nail in the coffin before halftime, we took the air hard, trying to push down the field as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, with 31 seconds left until half, our drive would come to an end after an incomplete pass on 3rd and 1 and from the MTSU 12 yard line. Griffin would hit a 30 yard field goal, giving us a 20-0 lead going into the locker room.

The start of the third quarter, our defense appeared slightly shaky, giving up 13 yards on two consecutive rushes, but ultimately shut MTSU down and forced another punt just three plays later. Unfortunately, our offense appeared to have stayed in the locker room, as our first offensive drive of the second half came to an immediate end after just three plays, forcing us to punt for the first time of the day. It didn’t take very long to get the ball back however, as a sack and two incomplete passes forced MTSU to punt the ball right back. Our offense however still had not found it’s mojo, as it quickly went three and out and punted the ball away yet again. Both teams proceeded to trade punts back and forth for most of the third quarter, until MTSU finally broke loose on offense, as Logan Kilgore connected with Arthur Williams for a 34 yard pass as time expired.

The Blue Raiders kept things going at the start of the fourth quarter with back to back passes of 21 yards to get down to our 11 yard line. A pass on 4th and 5 from our 6 yard line, and the Blue Raiders erased their goose egg from the scoreboard, making it a 20-7 game. While our offense finally found life, driving all the way from our own 20 down to the MTSU 35 yard, it was there at the 35 where we would come to a halt. Griffin however got some help as an offsides penalty on the defense on 4th down moved us up to the 30 yard line, giving Griffin a 47 yard field goal attempt, which he easily made, making it 23-7 with 4:44 left to play.

That field goal may ultimately be the deciding factor, as MTSU’s offense once again drove against our defense with ease, connecting on passes of 25, 15, 6, 14, and 22 yards, as well as converting a 4th down attempt, to make it 23-13 with 2:51 left to play in the game. Unfortunately for the Blue Raiders, a two point conversion attempt was no good, leaving the score 23-13. An onside kick attempt was also no good for the Blue Raiders, as we were able to recover the ball on the MTSU 39 yard line. Seven straight rushes, three first downs, and all three MTSU timeouts used up with 1:36 left to play, and the coffin was finally nailed shut. 2nd and goal from the MTSU 3 yard line with 57 seconds left to play, and Shane Coleman piled on the dirt, scoring from three yards out to make it 30-13. A MTSU punt and a kneel by Medlock and that was the game.

With the win, we increase our winning streak to an all time best 5 straight, and improve our record for the year to 7-2, 5-0 in the Sun Belt Conference. Mid Tennessee State meanwhile drops to 2-6 for the year, 2-3 in conference action. Up next for the Golden Panthers, we have a bye week, then the first of two straight home games as we welcome Arkansas State to town. The Red Wolves are currently 4-5 for the season, 2-3 in the Sun Belt. They started off the year with a 45-35 win over Memphis, before losing at Oregon 45-14. They won the next two games, 37-17 over Dartmouth, and 21-16 at Louisiana-Monroe, before losing at Kentucky 49-21. They got back on the winning track with a 42-17 win against Western Kentucky, before losing three straight home games, 45-14 to Troy, and 47-44 in overtime to North Texas and 42-19 to Mid Tennessee State during our bye week.

As for our conference title hopes, Arkansas State is now eliminated from any title hopes. Our main threats now, Florida Atlantic, sitting at 4-5 on the year, but 4-1 in the SBC. If we completely collapse these finally three game, eve North Texas, currently 3-6 for the season, but 3-2 in the conference, and Troy, who currently sit at 8-2 for the year, 4-2 in the conference, have a chance.

Final Score
:FIU: 30, :MTSU: 13



Stat(s) of the Game:
FIU Offense – Our offense was truly a two headed monster today. The rushing game (with a proper playbook) was able to break loose, and Medlock had a good day, being able to make good passes and complete passes when needed.

FIU Defense – For the most part, it was a dominating day by the defense. Just have to work on that 4th quarter play. The first three quarters they were the Steel Curtain. The last quarter, they played like a bunch of 3rd stringers.

FIU Kicking – Another perfect day for Griffin. Made all of his field goals and extra points.



Scoring Summary

Team	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Final Score
:FIU:	14	6	0	10	30
:MTSU:	0	0	0	13	13

Time	Team	Result	Play	Score
First Quarter
3:54	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Harden, 6 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 7-0
0:00	:FIU:	Touchdown	D. Mallary, 2 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 14-0
Second Quarter
2:09	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 25 yard field goal	:FIU: 17-0
0:31	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 30 yard field goal	:FIU: 20-0
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
7:56	:MTSU:	Touchdown	A. Williams, 6 yard pass from L. Kilgore (O. Sellers kick)	:FIU: 20-7
4:48	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 47 yard field goal	:FIU: 23-7
2:57	:MTSU:	Touchdown	A. Williams, 21 yard pass from L. Kilgore (2pt Conversion failed)	:FIU: 23-13
0:57	:FIU:	Touchdown	S. Coleman, 3 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 30-13

Game Stats

Florida International	Stat	Mid Tennessee State
30	Score	13
21	First Downs	7
389	Total Offense	234
52 - 149 - 3	Rushes - Yards - TD	17 - 62 - 0
18 - 32 - 0	Comp - Att - TD	10 - 27 - 2
240	Passing Yards	172
1	Times Sacked	4
11 - 20 (55%)	3rd Down Conversion	2 - 12 (16%)
2 - 2 (100%)	4th Down Conversion	2 - 2 (100%)
0 - 0 (0%)	2-Point Conv	0 - 1 (0%)
7 - 3 - 2 (71%)	Red Zone - TD - FG	2 - 1 - 0 (50%)
0	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles Lost	0
0	Intercepted	0
33	Punt Return Yards	8
0	Kick Return Yards	50
422	Total Yards	292
4 – 41.0	Punts - Average	8 - 49.0
1 - 11	Penalties	2 - 9
21:45	Time of Possession	14:15

Florida International Contract Goals Update

Fail Impact	Goal	Progress	Pass Impact
:3redarrow:	500+ rushing yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
	Win 8 games in one season	7	:3greenarrow:
	2000+ total offensive yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	7+ passing TD in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	10+ points per game in each season	34 PPG	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	2400+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
:2redarrow:	Win 4 games in one season	:check:	:1greenarrow:
:6redarrow:	2000+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:

Job Security Status

65%

Good game man. Looks like the new playbook helped, though 2.9 ypc on the ground is still mighty tough to swallow. I assume that Mallary himself did a better job and some of those were sacks though. Looks like Medlock had an efficent game though. 18 of 32 for 240 is definitely a good game for a team that's more built around running the ball than throwing it.

Two more wins (against Arkansas State and FAU) and you have yourself your first conference championship without even having to worry about what you do against UL Lafayette. Tough two game stretch coming up though. I'm sure, ratings wise, Arkansas State is still the best team in the Sun Belt. At least your two toughest games in the conference are at home this year.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Good game man. Looks like the new playbook helped, though 2.9 ypc on the ground is still mighty tough to swallow. I assume that Mallary himself did a better job and some of those were sacks though. Looks like Medlock had an efficent game though. 18 of 32 for 240 is definitely a good game for a team that's more built around running the ball than throwing it.

Two more wins (against Arkansas State and FAU) and you have yourself your first conference championship without even having to worry about what you do against UL Lafayette. Tough two game stretch coming up though. I'm sure, ratings wise, Arkansas State is still the best team in the Sun Belt. At least your two toughest games in the conference are at home this year.

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Yeah, it was a good win. I did start getting worried when MTSU turned it on and scored those two touchdowns in the 4th, but thankfully our defense did their job at the end. Well, that 2.9 ypc is a little skewed because I did a lot of running at the end to try and run down the clock, causing a lot of lost yardage due to being tackled for a loss or only one or two yards. Quite a few times I had to go to the air on third down to save the drive after failed rushes on 1st and 2nd downs. Regardless, it was nice having my actual HBs running the ball instead of all my 50-60 OVR rated FBs every carry. And yeah, Medlock did good today. Still some stupid and/or bad passes that got knocked down and could have potentially been interrupted, but still a good day overall.

Yeah, I'm going for that title, just preparing myself for the possible worse as well as these two games are going to be tough. Arkansas State does edge me out in overall and offense ratings. I'm just barely better than ASU on defense. They have a better rush offense and pass defense, which could be somewhat bad for me. I rely on my passing to save me on 3rd downs and anything longer than 3 yards. Florida Atlantic, we're dead even on all three ratings, and I am ranked better in every part of the game except pass defense, but it's still a rivalry game, so it'll probably be tough.

Also, just a general note, the SBC seems to be way down this year. Right now, myself and Troy are the only ones guaranteed to go to a bowl game, as I'm 7-2 and Troy is 8-2. The only other ones with a realistic chance are Florida Atlantic at 5-6 and Arkansas State at 4-5. Still with a slight chance, but pretty much eliminated already, North Texas and Mid Tennessee State, both at 3-6.

Game Ten

:Arkansas_State: :@: :FIU:



Game Notes

--- Well, here we go. The homestretch of the season, three games left to go, still a very tight race for the Sun Belt Conference championship, which means every game still counts. Arkansas State may be entering this game with a 4-5 record, they may be 2-3 in the conference, but they are still a dangerous team, and while they cannot win the conference title, they can have a huge effect on it with games against us and Florida Atlantic still to play. One good thing about playing in south Florida, no snow. It was a beautiful evening in Miami as we hit the field, with the sun setting behind the scoreboard. Arkansas State won the coin toss and elected to kick.

Our offense tried to start things off on the ground, but a stuffed run on 1st down, an 8 yard pass on 2nd down, and only a 1 yard gain by Darrian Mallary on 3rd down, and we were forced to punt right off the bat on 4th and 1. It wasn’t looking good as the Red Wolves were able to quickly march down the field with passes of 14 and 20 yards, followed by a couple strong rushes, before the Red Wolves made the first mistake of the game, throwing a pass that was intercepted by Emmanuel Souarin, who returned it 16 yards back to our 30 yard line. Our offense was able to get something going at first, getting a first down after a run by Mallary and a 6 yard pass by Jake Medlock to Dominique Rhymes. Unfortunately, things immediately plummeted off a cliff as Medlock threw a pass directly into the hands of Arkansas State middle linebacker, Nathan Herrold, who gave the Red Wolves possession on our 40 yard line. Thankfully, our defense this time held tough, giving up only 3 yards before forcing 4th down. The Red Wolves would attempt to convert on 4th and 7, however the pass fell incomplete, turning the ball over on downs and giving our offense another chance without penalty, while also saving Medlock’s neck from the wrath of my hands.

Things started off decently, with a 3 yard run by Mallary, followed by an 11 yard pass to Mallary, giving up 1st down on the 50 yard line. Then things once again plummeted off a cliff, as Medlock threw his second interception of the day, once again throwing it into the hands of Herrold, giving the Red Wolves the ball back at their own 45. This time the Arkansas State offense would not be denied, as they promptly drove down the field on us, scoring on a 2 yard rush by quarterback Phillip Butterfield, making it 7-0 with 2:07 left in the first quarter. Things would only get worse, as on the ensuing kickoff return, after a 33 yard return, Darrian Mallary was stripped of the ball, which was pounced on by the Red Wolves free safety Christ Hayes, giving the Wolves offense possession again on our 31 yard line. The Red Wolves found the end zone again two plays later after a 30 yard pass by Butterfield, followed by another TD run by Butterfield, this time from 1 yard out, giving the Red Wolves a 14-0 lead with 1:31 left in the quarter. Trying to avoid getting buried, after three straight runs by Mallary picked us up a first down, our offense took to the air, trying to blitz downfield, getting as far as the Arkansas State 21 yard line before the clock finally ran out, bring the first quarter to an end with the Red Wolves leading 14-0.

The second quarter started pretty much the same way the first quarter went. Medlock threw yet another interception, directly into the waiting arms of, once again, Herrold, his third interception of Medlock of the day. However, we would get extremely lucky, as Arkansas State turned the ball right back over, as halfback Sirgregory Thornton fumbled the ball, with Jonathan Cyprien jumping on it at the Red Wolves 23 yard line, giving our offense new life. Mallary wasted little time, breaking a 15 yard run, setting up 1st and goal on the ASU 7 yard line. One play later, Mallary found the end zone on a 7 yard run, cutting the Red Wolves lead in half. Things looked bad as Buttefield was able to connect on a 30 yard pass on the Red Wolves first play from scrimmage on their next drive, however, our defense, along with a false start penalty, were able to shut the offense down, forcing the Red Wolves to punt, though it went 47 yards, resulting in our possession starting on our own 5 yard line.

A pair of 8 yard rushes got us out of the shadow of our own goal posts, as well as a new set of downs, before Medlock finally completed a pass to our own teammates, a 32 yard pass to Jacob Younger, giving us 1st down just across midfield. An 11 yard rush by Mallary gave us another set of down, until Medsuck returned, throwing his fourth interception of the game, this one, for the first time all game, not to Herrold, but instead to free safety Jonathan Victorian, who returned it 27 yards to ASU’s 44 yard line. Arkansas State wasted little time, rushing the ball three times before Butterfield threw a 39 yard touchdown pass to make it 21-7 with 5 minutes left to play in the half. Our offense meanwhile couldn’t even get anything going our next drive, going quickly three and out and forced to punt.

Despite Butterfield connecting on a 29 yard pass, our defense was able to force them into a 4th and 8 situation. Instead of kicking a field goal, Arkansas State instead went for it, as Butterfield threw a 26 yard pass, setting up a 1 yard run for a touchdown one play later, making it 27-7 with 2:20 left to play in the quarter after the extra point was missed. Our offense again proved to be inept, going three and out a second time, though our defense thankfully held Arkansas State to very little offense, forcing their next drive to also end in a punt. That punt gave us the ball back on our own 3 yard line with 1:05 left to play. Our offense would again prove inept, and we would again punt. The Red Wolves didn’t waste the little time they had, as Butterfield connected on passes of 38 and 8 yards to score another touchdown with 16 seconds left to play, making it 34-7. Thankfully, halftime finally mercifully came.

While our defense was able to force Arkansas State to punt to start the second half, it didn’t matter much as our offense immediately went three and out. That would be bad, as Butterfield would make passes of 16 and 14 yards to get down to our 43 yard line, before he connected on a 43 yard touchdown bomb, making it 41-7 with 6:33 still to go in the third quarter. Finally, our offense started to find life, as Medlock started completing passes again, 43 yards to Junior Mertile, 22 yards to Younger, and 9 yards to Mallary, setting up 1st and goal from the ASU 5. A 4 yard rush by Mallary, no gain by Harden, a one yard QB sneak by Medlock, set up 4th and goal from the ASU half yard line. Another QB sneak by Medlock, and we finally found the end zone again, making it a, still, embarrassing 41-14 with 4:16 left to play in the third quarter.

More passes by Butterfield, many of them converting on 3rd down, got Arkansas State deep into our territory before the defense finally stopped the, forcing the Red Wolves to settle for a 33 yard field goal with 47 seconds left in the quarter. Some huge passed by Medlock, of 20, 48 and 12 yards, all coming on 3rd down, got our offense clear down to the Arkansas State goal line before the clock ran out on the end of the third quarter with the Red Wolves leading the way, 44-14.

The beginning of the fourth quarter was a bit anti-climactic, as we were starting on the “inches” line , needing only 2 seconds for Mallary to take the hand off and plow into the end zone, making it 44-21. This however only served to piss off Butterfield, who used passes of 24, 22, 7, 4, and yards, a couple of 4 and 5 yard rushes, a two yard penalty against the defense, and a 2 yard touchdown pass to make it 51-21 with 6:46 left to go in the game. While things got off to a bad start with a 12 yard loss on a sack, our offense finally got moving as Medlock was able to throw passes of 27, 12 and 10 yards to get us down to the Arkansas State 43 yard line. Facing 3rd and 1 from the 43, Mallary was able to break loose through the defense and took it to 43 yards to the house to make it 51-28 with 4:50 left to play. This was also a record setting run by Mallary, as it was his 16th rushing touchdown of the season, breaking Darriet Perry’s school record of 15 rushing TDs in a season, set last season.

Mario Cristobal decided to attempt an onside kick, which was recovered by Arkansas State at our 45 yard line, not that they needed the great field position. Seven plays later, Butterfield ran it in from 5 yards out to make it 58-28 with 3:33 left in the game. Our offense was more than ready to respond, as it only took two plays to find the end zone as Medlock was able to drop a pass in behind the secondary, into the wait hands of Coleman, who took it 67 yards to the house, making it 58-35 with 2:49 left. Another onside kick attempt, this time recovered by Arkansas State at our 43 yard line, again set the Red Wolves up with great field position. The Red Wolves chose to stick to just rushing the ball, still managing to get as close as our 4 yard line, before the clock finally ran out and the game came to a merciful end.

With the loss, we drop to 7-3 on the season, and receive our first conference loss, falling to 5-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. Arkansas State improves to 5-5 overall, 3--3 in conference. Up next for the Golden Panthers, it's our hated rivals, the Owls of Florida Atlantic. FAU comes into the game with a 5-5 record, and tied with us for first place with a 5-1 Sun Belt record. The Owls started off the season 0-3, losing 27-18 to Vanderbilt, 42-24 to Missouri, and 60-0 at Michigan. They then picked up a 37-0 win against Western Kentucky and a 37-17 victory against Troy before falling to North Texas 31-7. They answered with two more back to back wins, 29-12 at Mid Tennessee State and 47-28 at Louisiana-Monroe, before losing a non-conference contest at Navy, 48-17, and winning over Louisiana-Lafayette 43-20 heading into their game with FIU.

Looking at the conference standings, next week will be the game of the season. 5-1 Florida International vs. 5-1 Florida Atlantic. Troy could still share the conference title as they are currently 5-2 in conference, with one game left to play, at Western Kentucky, but winning it outright is impossible, besides the fact that both FAU and FIU beat Troy earlier this season. North Texas is the only other one with a chance at the title, currently sitting at 4-2 in conference play, with very easy games against Louisiana-Monrore and at Western Kentucky remaining. FIU beat North Texas earlier in the year, North Texas defeated FAU in the middle of the season. Like Troy, the best North Texas can do is share the title with whoever wins the Florida Atlantic-Florida International game.

Meanwhile, bowl projections are out. Last week, we were projected to play in the New Orleans Bowl against 6-4 Tulsa. We are now projected to play 7-4 Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl. As for other Sun Belt teams, 5-5 Arkansas State is projected to play 10-2 #18 Nevada in the Poinsettia Bowl, 9-2 Troy is projected to play 8-3 Ohio in the Armed Forces Bowl, and 5-5 Florida Atlantic is projected to play 7-4 Miami University in the Godaddy.com Bowl.

Final Score
:Arkansas_State: 58, :FIU: 35



Stat(s) of the Game:
- FIU Offense – Medlock started off sucking, throwing more interceptions than he had completions. He was able to turn it on after halftime, make a ton of great passes, but I still hold Medlock personally accountable for this loss, as his 4 interceptions screwed us pretty much immediately into the game.

- FIU Defense – Made some decent stops on drives, but for the most part sucked and was non-existent. Arkansas State’s offense ran and passed all over our defense pretty much at will.

- FIU Kicker Jack Griffin – Went 5 for 5 in extra points, that was all he did today.



Scoring Summary

Team	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Final Score
:Arkansas_State:	14	20	10	14	58
:FIU:	0	7	7	21	35

Time	Team	Result	Play	Score
First Quarter
2:07	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	P. Butterfield, 1 yard run (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 7-0
1:31	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	P. Butterfield, 1 yard run (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 14-0
Second Quarter
8:28	:FIU:	Touchdown	D. Mallary, 8 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:Arkansas_State: 14-7
4:59	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	T. Stockemer, 39 yard pass from P. Butterfield (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 21-7
2:20	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	F. Jackson, 1 yard run (missed kick)	:Arkansas_State: 27-7
0:16	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	R. Fleming, 7 yard pass from P. Butterfield (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 34-7
Third Quarter
6:33	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	F. Jackson, 42 yard pass from P. Butterfield (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 41-7
4:16	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Medlock, 1 yard run (J. Griffin)	:Arkansas_State: 41-14
1:01	:Arkansas_State:	Field Goal	B. Zalud, 33 yard field goal	:Arkansas_State: 44-14
Fourth Quarter
8:59	:FIU:	Touchdown	D. Mallary, 1 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:Arkansas_State: 44-21
6:46	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	A. Muse, 1 yard pass from P. Butterfield (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 51-21
4:50	:FIU:	Touchdown	D. Mallary, 43 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:Arkansas_State: 51-28
3:33	:Arkansas_State:	Touchdown	P. Butterfield, 4 yard run (B. Zalud kick)	:Arkansas_State: 58-28
2:49	:FIU:	Touchdown	G. Coleman, 67 yard pass from J. Medlock (J. Griffin kick)	:Arkansas_State: 58-35

Game Stats

Arkansas State	Stat	Florida International
58	Score	35
26	First Downs	17
657	Total Offense	491
45 - 176 - 4	Rushes - Yards - TD	24 - 123- 4
30 - 50 - 4	Comp - Att - TD	18 - 40 - 1
481	Passing Yards	368
1	Times Sacked	0
11 - 17 (64%)	3rd Down Conversion	6 - 12 (50%)
1 - 2 (50%)	4th Down Conversion	1 - 1 (100%)
0 - 0 (0%)	2-Point Conv	0 - 0 (0%)
9 - 5 - 1 (66%)	Red Zone - TD - FG	4 - 3 - 0 (75%)
2	Turnovers	5
1	Fumbles Lost	1
1	Intercepted	4
19	Punt Return Yards	0
38	Kick Return Yards	182
714	Total Yards	673
3 – 47.3	Punts - Average	5 - 44.4
4 - 30	Penalties	7 - 49
20:31	Time of Possession	15:29

Florida International Contract Goals Update

Fail Impact	Goal	Progress	Pass Impact
:3redarrow:	500+ rushing yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
	Win 8 games in one season	7	:3greenarrow:
	2000+ total offensive yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	7+ passing TD in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	10+ points per game in each season	34 PPG	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	2400+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
:2redarrow:	Win 4 games in one season	:check:	:1greenarrow:
:6redarrow:	2000+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:
Penalty
:2redarrow:	Lost to a lower ranked team

Job Security Status

59%

That game sucked, Arkansas State whooped our asses. Nothing more really to say.

As for the national scene, the showdown of the season just got ruined. Going into week 10, Oklahoma State was 9-0, ranked #1 in the BCS, Oklahoma was 9-1, ranked #2 and both play each other on the last week of the season. It was going to be a hell of a week 15 game to decide who would represent the Big 12 in the BCS title game. That got ruined when #23 Baylor knocked off Oklahoma State last week 49-28. So, as of now, the BCS title game would be #1 Oklahoma, at 9-1, vs. #2 TCU, at 10-1. If either TCU or Oklahoma lose, LSU is the #3 team at 9-2 for the year.

Browsing through the conference standings... In the ACC Atlantic, Maryland leads the way at 9-2, 6-1, Clemson is the only other team with a chance at 9-2, 6-2. In the ACC Coastal, #12 Virginia Tech is currently the leader at 9-2, 5-2, #21 Georgia Tech the only other with a chance at 8-3, 5-3, and Georgia Tech does hold the head to head tiebreaker. In the Big 12, thanks to Baylor, #1 Oklahoma leads the way at 9-1, 7-0. #5 Oklahoma State is next at 9-1, 6-1, followed by Texas Tech at 8-2, 5-2 and #23 Baylor at 7-3, 5-2. In the Big East, #9 Pittsburgh currently is the leader at 8-2, 6-0, #2 TCU is the only remaining contender at 10-1, 7-1 (they lost to Pitt in week 2 31-28). In the Big Ten Leaders Division, the #11 Jerry Sandusky Nittany Lions are your division champions are at 11-1, 7-1. In the Legends Division, Iowa leads the way at 10-2, 6-2, Michigan is in second at 9-3, 5-2.

In Conference USA East, #14 Central Florida is the division champions at 11-0, 8-0. CUSA West is a mess. SMU at 7-4, 6-2, Houston at 8-3, 6-2, and Tulsa at 7-4, 6-2 all are tied and have a chance. SMU already beat Houston and plays Tulsa in their final game. Houston beat Tulsa the week before they lost to SMU. In the MAC East, it will be Miami University claiming the division at 7-4, 7-0. In the MAC West, Western Michigan currently leads at 8-3, 6-1, with Northern Illinois right behind at 8-3, 5-2, Western Michigan holding the head to head tiebreaker. In the Mountain West, it's a battle to the end. #19 San Diego State at 9-1, 6-0 and #8 Boise State at 8-2, 6-0 are tied for the conference title, and play each other in week 15 to decide who wins the conference.

In the PAC 12 North, #13 Stanford leads the way at 10-2, 7-2, Washington next at 8-3, 6-2, followed by #20 Oregon State at 8-3, 6-2. Stanford beat Washington, but Oregon State beat Stanford. In the PAC 12 South, #17 Utah is your leader at 9-2, 6-2, USC is next at 7-4, 5-3, USC holding the head to head tiebreaker.

In the SEC East, #16 Georgia wins the division with a 9-2, 6-2 record. In the SEC West, #3 LSU leads the way at 9-2, 6-1. After that, #15 Ole Miss is next at 8-3, 5-2, #6 Alabama at 9-2, 5-2, #24 Arkansas at 8-3, 5-2, and #7 Auburn at 9-2, 5-2. LSU has beaten Ole Miss and Alabama, lost to Auburn, and plays Arkansas in their season finale. Ole Miss beat Alabama, Arkansas and Auburn, but lost to LSU. Alabama beat Arkansas, but lost to Ole Miss and LSU and still has yet to play Auburn. Arkansas beat Auburn, but lost to Alabama and Ole Miss and still has to play LSU. And Auburn beat LSU, but lost to Arkansas and Ole Miss and still to play Alabama.

And in the WAC, Utah State is your leader at 8-2, 4-0, but Louisiana Tech, at 5-5, 2-1 still has a chance.

Damn man. That was rough. Nasty way to lose, but it just makes your final two games that much more important.

Game Eleven

:FAU: :@: :FIU:



Game Notes

--- This is it. The conference championship game essentially, as both the Owls and Golden Panthers enter the game with a 5-1 record in the Sun Belt Conference. This game as so many implications. A chance at an outright conference title, it’s against our hated rivals, and we have more than a handful of recruits attending the game, and it’s a chance at revenge after the Owls beat us last season. So much rides on the line today, so much at stake. It was a sunny afternoon in Miami, so weather would have no effect on this contest. Florida Atlantic won the coin toss and elected to kick, putting the ball in the hands of our offense to get us started out right.

Our offense did exactly that, as Darrian Mallary plowed through the middle of the line on 1st down to get an immediate 9 yard gain. Unfortunately, that promising start came with a huge penalty, as Mallary was injured on the play, suffering an abdominal tear that would sideline him for a week, ending his day on the field just 30 seconds into the contest. Jerermiah Harden proved more than ready to fill Mallary’s shoes, breaking a 12 yard run on 2nd down to give us a first down. Forcing the Owls to shut us down on the ground, we ran the ball on the first five straight plays of the game, advancing the ball 39 yards down to the Florida Atlantic 35 yard line, before we finally threw our first pass of the game. Unfortunately, our drive would come to an end as we were only able to get 5 yards on 3rd and 6 from the FAU 22 yard line, forcing us to settle for a 35 yard field goal.

Florida Atlantic’s first offensive drive started to bring back memories of Arkansas State, as they passed and ran their way all over our defense, before a 33 yard pass got them all the way down to our 4 yard line. Thankfully, a sack, a run for a loss of 4 yards, and an incomplete pass forced the Owls to instead walk away with only a 26 yard field goal, knotting the game up at 3 points apiece. Unlike the Arkansas State game, Jake Medlock this time proved his useful self, throwing decent passes and not throwing any interceptions, as we proceeded to work our way from our 25 yard line clear down to the Florida Atlantic 23 with a mix of passing and rushing, along with a couple key 3rd down conversions, before the clock ran out on the first quarter.

The beginning of the second quarter found us facing 2nd and 10 on the 23 yard line. Unfortunately, that would be the closest we would get as two incomplete passes, including a pass to a wide open Glenn Coleman in the front of the end zone that was overthrown, and we were forced to settle for another field goal, this one from 40 yards out. However, our offense got new life as Florida Atlantic fumbled the ball on the first play of their offensive drive, which was pounced on by cornerback Terrance Taylor, giving us new life at the FAU 19 yard line. Unfortunately, we were again forced to settle for a field goal as we would only get as close as the Owls 2 yard line, after which Coach Cristobal elected to kick the 19 yard field goal rather than let us attempt the touchdown, making it 9-3 with 6:56 left to play in the half.

Florida Atlantic’s offense meanwhile were unable to get anything going after the fumble on their previous drive, being hit with a false start penalty and a couple incomplete passes, forcing them to punt the ball away. A short punt, and punting from their 15 yard line, meant great field position for our offense, as we began our next drive from the 39 yard line. However, we too would end up going three and out, and punted the ball right back to the Owls. Florida Atlantic would take advantage this time, using passes of 32, 19, and 19 yards to get into our red zone, before an 8 yard touchdown pass from David Kooi to Deandre Richardson gave the Owls a 10-9 lead with 3:38 left to play in the second quarter.

Our offense remained on a cold streak, getting to our 40 yard line before being forced to punt the ball away. The defense at first gave up a 14 yard pass right off the bat to the Owls offense on the next drive, however two dropped passes and an incomplete pass, and the Owls were shut down and had to punt the ball back. A couple of short passes got our offense moving down the field, slowly, but surely. Then Medlock was able to connect with Elijah Maxey for 26 yards, advancing the ball clear down to the Owls 28 yard line with 1:37 left to play. It was the next play where the Owls made a fatal mistake, blitzing their entire linebacker corps, leaving the middle of the field wide open for Medlock to hit Harden, who took it 28 yards, untouched, to the end zone. An extra point later, and we were back on top, 16-10 with 1:23 left in the quarter. Unfortunately, the Owls weren’t done, connecting on passes 9, 12, 5, and 34 yards, before retaking the lead on a 12 yard touchdown pass to Williams, giving the Owls a 17-16 lead with 12 seconds left to play. Getting the ball back with 1 second left, we attempted a hail mary, but the pass was knocked down at the FAU 30 yard line, and that was the end of the half.

The beginning of the second half, the Owls came out firing on first down, picking up an immediate 1st down with a 10 yard pass. That was all they would get though as a holding penalty on 2nd and 8 would unravel their drive, forcing them to punt two plays later. On our first offensive play, Harden showed what a beast he is, breaking a 12 yard rush out to our 24 yard line, gaining those last 5 yards by dragging three Owls players with him before finally falling down for the 1st down. After a pair of incomplete passes, the Owls had a massive breakdown in their coverage, letting Coleman get behind their secondary, something Medlock took full advantage of, dropping a pass right into Coleman’s hands, who took the ball the entire 76 yards for the touchdown. Putting us back up by 5, Cristobal elected to go for the two point conversion, which was successfully converted as Medlock found Dominique Rhymes in the corner of the end zone, giving us a 24-17 lead with 7:13 to play in the 3rd quarter.

Feeling the pressure, the Owls offense were unable to get anything going, gaining only two yards on their ensuing offensive drive, before they were forced to punt the ball back to us. After a 3 yard rush and a 9 yard pass gave us a new set of downs at our 45 yard line, we went exclusively to Harden and the ground game, rushing the ball 8 straight plays all the way down to the FAU 9 yard line, forcing the Owls to stop us on the ground before we finally went back to the air. On 3rd and 4, although Harden was wide open across the middle, Medlock threw the pass too far ahead of him, the ball falling incomplete, and forcing us to kick a 26 yard field goal to extend our lead to 10 points with 3:02 left in the third quarter. The Owls offense needed only 7 plays to drive the ball 73 yards, using passes of 10 and 35 yards along the way, before scoring on a 5 yard rush from Javaris Giles, making it a 3 point game with 1:18 left to play in the quarter.

We once again went exclusively on the ground, forcing the Owls to stop our ground game, as we ran the ball four straight plays, advancing the ball from our 25 yard line to the Florida Atlantic 42 yard line, thanks in part to an 18 yard rush by Harden, before the clock ran out on the third quarter. Facing 2nd and 7 to start the fourth quarter, we finally took back to the air, which was a mistake as Medlock threw two incomplete passes, bringing our drive to an end just 10 seconds into the quarter. Thankfully, our defense rose to the occasion, getting a pair of sacks on Kooi, killing the Owls offensive drive before it had any chance to get going. Even better, it was a short punt, giving us the ball back at our own 42 yard line. We would only need a couple plays to make the drive a successful one, as Medlock was able to get a pass to Rhymes on 2nd and 7, who took it 49 yards down to the FAU 5 yard line. Two rushes later, and we found the end zone again as Coleman fell in from 3 yards out, extending our lead back to 10 points with 6:49 left to play in the game.

Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell our defense that the game was still going on, as Florida Atlantic needed just five plays to respond with a touchdown, throwing passes of 35, 22, 13, 5 and 9 yards to tighten the score back to 3 points with 5:37 left in the game. Our offense was unable to get those points back either, only advancing the ball 6 yards before punting it away with 4:06 left to play. We however got lucky, as Taylor added an interception to his earlier fumble recovery, picking off Kooi on the Owls first play from scrimmage, giving us the ball at the FAU 25 yard line. A huge 17 yard pass to Maxey on 3rd and 10 kept our drive alive, giving us new life at the FAU 8 yard line with 3:32 left to play. It took Harden just one play to find the end zone again, as he got a hole up the middle and took it 8 yards for the touchdown, giving us once again a 10 point lead with 3:02 left.

Facing a two score hole with little time left, the Owls committed yet another mistake, as Kooi threw yet another first down interception, making it two passes in a row by Kooi getting picked off, this one by Emmanuel Souarin, who returned it 26 yards down to the FAU 19 yard line, giving us a new set of downs with 2:42 left to play. We went immediately back to the ground, trying to chew up as much clock as we could. Three rushes were all we would get, as Harden got stopped for only a one yard gain on 3rd and 3, forcing us to attempt a field goal, which ended up getting blocked, leaving us with no points gained with 1:37 left to play.

Florida Atlantic knew time was short, using passes of 8, 25, 24, 8, and 5 yards, along with a 4 yard rush, to find the end zone on a 5 yard pass to Richardson, making it 41-38 with 37 seconds left to play. The Owls attempted an onside kick, knowing they had to recover it as they only had one time out left, but we were able to recover it, giving us possession on the FAU 44 yard line with 33 seconds left to play. Two rushes of 11 and 12 yards by Harden was all it took for the clock to run out, giving us a 41-38 victory over our hated rivals, our first win against Florida Atlantic since 2005, snapping a 6 game losing streak to the Owls.

With the win, we improve to 8-3 on the year, 6-1 in the Sun Belt Conference, and in the process, secure at least a share of our second ever conference championship. If we win next week over Louisiana-Lafayette, we'll win the title outright. With the loss, Florida Atlantic drops to 5-6 for the year, 5-2 in the conference. Next up, in our season finale, we hit the road to take on Louisiana-Lafayette, who is 2-9 on the year, 1-6 in the Sun Belt. The Ragin' Cajuns opened their year with a 34-31 overtime win against Stony Brook, before going on a 7 game losing streak, losing 27-15 to Akron, 38-3 at Connecticut, 52-17 at Ohio State, 35-31 at North Texas, 14-7 at Mid Tennessee State, 30-27 in overtime to Western Kentucky, and 45-7 at Troy. They finally got a second win against their rivals Louisiana-Monroe, 38-21, before losing 43-20 to Florida Atlantic and 42-25 to Arkansas State.

Looking at the conference standings, we have at least a share of the title, with our game against Louisiana-Lafayette remaining. Troy's season is done, sitting at 6-2 in the conference. Florida Atlantic still has a chance at a share, sitting at 5-2 in the conference with their final against at home against Arkansas State. North Texas has been eliminated, after they lost 27-20 to Louisiana-Monroe this week to fall to 4-3.

Looking at the newest bowl projections, we are still projected to play in the New Orleans Bowl, and now projected to play 7-5 SMU. Elsewhere in the conference, Arkansas State is projected to play in the Armed Forces Bowl against 6-6 Mississippi State, and Troy is projected to play in the Godaddy.com bowl against 8-4 Miami University. Florida Atlantic has been dropped from the bowl projections since last week.

Final Score
:FIU: 41, :FAU: 38



Stat(s) of the Game:
- FIU Offense – Another two-headed monster game. Our running game tallied up 200 yards, Medlock was decent today, but still had a lot of stupid passes or passes that were completely overthrown or underthrown. Thankfully, no interceptions today.

- FIU Defense – Our defense is really beginning to worry me. They were a rock earlier in the season, but these last couple games, while making decent stops here and there and, for the most part, when needed, they have been giving up big plays more and more often lately.

- FIU Kicker Jack Griffin – An almost perfect day, going 4-5 on field goals, 40 yard being Griffin's longest, 3 for 3 on extra points.



Scoring Summary

Team	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Final Score
:FAU:	3	14	7	14	38
:FIU:	3	13	11	14	41

Time	Team	Result	Play	Score
First Quarter
5:57	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 34 yard field goal	:FIU: 3-0
2:59	:FAU:	Field Goal	V. Zaccario, 25 yard field goal	TIED 3-3
Second Quarter
8:52	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 39 yard field goal	:FIU: 6-3
6:59	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 19 yard field goal	:FIU: 9-3
3:38	:FAU:	Touchdown	D. Richardson, 13 yard pass from D. Kooi (V. Zaccario kick)	:FAU: 10-9
1:23	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Harden, 28 yard pass from J. Medlock (J.Griffin kick)	:FIU: 16-10
0:12	:FAU:	Touchdown	D. Williams, 12 yard pass from D. Kooi (V. Zaccario kick)	:FAU: 17-16
Third Quarter
7:13	:FIU:	Touchdown	G. Coleman, 76 yard pass from J. Medlock (2 point conversion successful)	:FIU: 24-17
3:05	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 26 yard field goal	:FIU: 27-17
1:18	:FAU:	Touchdown	J. Giles, 5 yard run (V. Zaccario kick)	:FIU: 27-24
Fourth Quarter
6:49	:FIU:	Touchdown	S. Coleman, 3 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 34-24
5:37	:FAU:	Touchdown	M. Cunningham, 8 yard pass from D. Kooi (V. Zaccario kick)	:FIU: 34-31
3:02	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Harden, 8 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 41-31
0:37	:FAU:	Touchdown	D. Richardson, 5 yard pass from D. Kooi (V. Zaccario kick)	:FIU: 41-38

Game Stats

Florida Atlantic	Stat	Florida International
38	Score	41
20	First Downs	21
505	Total Offense	505
20 - 58 - 1	Rushes - Yards - TD	40 - 200- 2
31 - 53 - 4	Comp - Att - TD	16 - 36 - 2
447	Passing Yards	305
3	Times Sacked	0
9 - 16 (56%)	3rd Down Conversion	5 - 14 (35%)
1 - 1 (100%)	4th Down Conversion	0 - 0 (0%)
0 - 0 (0%)	2-Point Conv	1 - 1 (100%)
6 - 5 - 1 (100%)	Red Zone - TD - FG	9 - 2 - 3 (55%)
3	Turnovers	0
1	Fumbles Lost	0
2	Intercepted	0
0	Punt Return Yards	24
187	Kick Return Yards	98
692	Total Yards	627
5 – 45.6	Punts - Average	4 - 46.3
4 - 22	Penalties	6 - 44
14:40	Time of Possession	21:20

Florida International Contract Goals Update

Fail Impact	Goal	Progress	Pass Impact
:3redarrow:	500+ rushing yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
	Win 8 games in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	2000+ total offensive yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	7+ passing TD in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	10+ points per game in each season	35 PPG	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	2400+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
:2redarrow:	Win 4 games in one season	:check:	:1greenarrow:
:6redarrow:	2000+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:

Job Security Status

69%

It feels good to finally beat those bastards. Better yet, we got a massive commitment from our recruits. 12 total recruits committed, 5 :3star: and 7 :2star: players.

As for the national scene, mors, just for you, West Virginia beat #19 Pittsburgh 33-27, to improve to 5-6 for the year, with a chance to make it .500 with a win over 3-8 Rutgers this week. The national championship game would still be a battle between #1 Oklahoma (now 10-1, 8-0) vs. #2 TCU (now 11-1, 7-1). That can still change as #1 Oklahoma and #6 Oklahoma State (10-1, 7-1) play this week. Should Oklahoma lose, #3 LSU (10-2, 7-2) is the next in line for the title game.

Browsing through the conference standings... In the ACC Atlantic, #23 Maryland wins the division at 10-2, 7-1, Clemson finishes second at 10-2, 6-2. In the ACC Coastal, #11 Virginia Tech wins the division at 10-2, 6-2, #17 Georgia Tech finish second at 9-3, 5-3. In the Big 12, #1 Oklahoma leads the way at 10-1, 8-0. #5 Oklahoma State is second at 10-1, 7-1, both teams playing each other this week. In the Big East, #2 TCU currently is the leader at 11-1, 7-1, #19 Pittsburgh is the only remaining contender at 8-3, 6-1. TCU's season is done, Pittsburgh plays 4-7 Louisville. In the Big Ten Leaders Division, the #11 Jerry Sandusky Nittany Lions are your division champions are at 11-1, 7-1. In the Legends Division, #25 Michigan is shown as the division leader/winner, at 10-2, 6-2. #18 Iowa and #8 Michigan State also both finishing 10-2, 6-2.

In Conference USA East, #14 Central Florida is the division champions at 12-0, 9-0. CUSA West, Houston takes the title, finishing 9-3, 7-2. Tulsa finishes second at 8-4, 7-2, Houston beat Tulsa week 12, 35-28 in OT. In the MAC East, it will be Miami University claiming the division at 8-4, 8-0. In the MAC West, Western Michigan takes the division at 8-4, 6-2, with Northern Illinois finishing second at 9-3, 6-2. Western Michigan beat Northern Illinois head to head 14-7. In the Mountain West, it's still a battle to the end. #16 San Diego State at 10-1, 7-0 and #7 Boise State at 9-2, 7-0 are tied for the conference title, and play each other in week 15 to decide who wins the conference.

In the PAC 12 North, #12 Stanford is your division champions at 10-2, 7-2, #24 Washington finishes second at 9-3, 7-2, Stanford beating Washington head to head. In the PAC 12 South, #14 Utah takes the title at 10-2, 7-2, USC finishes second at 8-4, 6-3. In the SEC East, #22 Georgia wins the division with a 9-3, 6-2 record. In the SEC West, #3 LSU takes the division with a 10-2, 7-1 record, #5 Auburn finishes second at 10-2, 6-2. And in the WAC, Utah State is your winner at 9-2, 4-0.

At least we beat sPitt. That always makes a season better (even if, in real life, a 6-6 or 5-7 season under Holgorsen would be absolutely unacceptable). ;)


Great win of those damn Owls. Hell of a game. I thought you might blow it there for a minute.

Now you just gotta take care of business against a UL Lafayette team that shouldn't be a worry, but man is your defense playing terrible. Funny thing is, I actually completely forgot that you are playing just as the OC in this dynasty. I was kinda wondering why you were having so much trouble stopping teams, but that makes sense now. You're actually watching the plays unfold instead of simming them aren't ya? I haven't noticed any weird glitches with the time of possession so you must be.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

At least we beat sPitt. That always makes a season better (even if, in real life, a 6-6 or 5-7 season under Holgorsen would be absolutely unacceptable). ;)


Great win of those damn Owls. Hell of a game. I thought you might blow it there for a minute.

Now you just gotta take care of business against a UL Lafayette team that shouldn't be a worry, but man is your defense playing terrible. Funny thing is, I actually completely forgot that you are playing just as the OC in this dynasty. I was kinda wondering why you were having so much trouble stopping teams, but that makes sense now. You're actually watching the plays unfold instead of simming them aren't ya? I haven't noticed any weird glitches with the time of possession so you must be.

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Yeah, I thought you'd like that result. :D

Yeah, I thought I might blow it there for a minute too. After we failed to do anything on that last offensive drive, then the Owls drove down and scored with 30 seconds left, I suddenly got this horrible feeling that they were going to recover the onside kick and I would lose. Thank god we recovered it and my nightmare didn't come true. Feels great to finally beat them, especially since the real FIU team, until this year, had not beaten FAU since 2005.

Yeah, my defense has really been letting me down lately. They played great (for the most part) in our win against Duke, and played outstanding during the first half of the conference schedule, but these last 2 or 3 games, they have sucked and been unreliable. Hopefully our incoming recruits next season will change that. And yeah, that's one thing I hate about being OC, is my defense screws me so much, and there's not a single thing I can do about it. :bang:

Yeah, I watch all the plays, lets me see what happens on the plays and also helps in writing the game summary.

As for UL Lafayette, well, I'm at this very moment at halftime of my game against them. Let me just say this, the stats at halftime are insane. My offense is completely one-sided right now, and that's not a bad thing. Unfortunately, I'm not giving any more than that cliffhanger and saving it for the full game recap. :D

Game Twelve

:FIU: :@: :Louisiana:



Game Notes

--- So here we are. The season finale against 2-9 Louisiana-Lafayette. We clinched at the least a share of the Sun Belt Conference title last week when we held on to beat our rivals, the Florida Atlantic Owls, for the first time since 2005. However, Troy is sitting right there behind us at 6-2 on the year, so we have to win today against the Ragin’ Cajuns to win the title outright. The good thing, we are by far a superior team when it comes to ratings. We rate C across the board in overall, offense and defense. ULL rates D, D+ and D. So a big advantage there. Hopefully we can use that advantage and get a win today. Weather could have an effect on this game as the rain was pouring as the teams came out onto the field. ULL won the coin toss and elected to receive, hoping to use the first possession of the game to get a lead and an advantage to start the game.

That was almost what happened. Facing 3rd and 11 on their own 25 yard line, our defense gave them 15 free yards thanks to pass interference, keeping the Ragin’ Cajuns drive alive. They would use a couple more third down conversions, getting as close as our 36 yard line before our defense finally stopped them, forcing ULL to punt the ball, which ended up going in the end zone for a touchback. Unfortunately, our first drive of the game didn’t do too much, as we only were able to make it to midfield before being forced to punt. Thankfully, our defense stopped them after only giving up 18 yards, forcing another ULL punt.

Our second drive of the game got off to a great start after a 24 yard run by Jeremiah Harden, who was starting today as Darrian Mallary was still questionable due to an abdominal tear. During this drive, ULL felt the power of our running game, as we drove the ball 64 yards on 7 straight rushes, before we finally had to go to the air on 2nd and goal from the ULL 10 yard line. A 9 yard pass by Jake Medlock to Harden set up 3rd and goal on the 1 yard line. That one play was all we needed as Harden plunged into the end zone on the next play from 1 yard out, giving us a 7-0 lead with 15 seconds left to play in the first quarter. Two incomplete passes by the Ragin’ Cajuns, and the first quarter came to an end.

A pass for only 5 yards was the first play of the second quarter by ULL, forcing the Cajuns to punt the ball back to us, giving us possession again just 20 seconds into the quarter. Living by the saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, we went right back to the running game, covering 20 yards on 5 rushes, before Medlock audibled to a quick pass at the line on the sixth play, 1st and 10 from the ULL 33 yard line, as ULL showed a heavy blitz. That gained us a quick 6 yards, and it was right back to running the ball. We would run the ball three more times before an incomplete 3rd down pass forced us to settle for a 35 yard field goal, giving us a 10-0 lead with 5:54 left in the half. Three straight incomplete passes, and ULL was punting the ball back to us. After picking up another first down on the ground, a pass for only 1 yard on 3rd down forced us to punt the ball away with 3:49 left to play.

A sack and an incomplete pass doomed ULL’s drive from the very beginning, with only a minute coming off the clock before the Ragin’ Cajuns punted the ball back to us. Once again going back to the ground game, six straight rushes was all it took for us to cover 60 yards, as Harden punched through the defense and took it 23 yards to the end zone, giving us a 17-0 lead with 1:19 left to play until halftime. The Ragin’ Cajuns finally found some offense, advancing the ball at ease, including a point mid-drive where they were hit with a holding penalty, only for the defense to commit a pass interference penalty the very next play, swinging from 2nd and 20 on their own 41, to 1st and 10 on our 44. ULL would try for a hail mary with 5 seconds left, with Blaine Gautier completing a 30 yard pass to Darryl Surgent, however it was 2 yards too short as Surgent was tackled at the 2 yard line as the clock ran out, bring us to halftime with a 17-0 lead.

As a sign of just how DOMINANT our running game was during the first half, some stats. At halftime, we had gained 12 first downs and 218 total offensive yards. Of those yards, we had 186 yards rushing on 29 carries and 2 rushing TDs. We meanwhile went 5-7 passing for 32 yards. Louisiana-Lafayette had more first downs (8) than we even had in passing attempts. ULL meanwhile only had 132 yards total offense at halftime. Pure dominance on the ground.

Start of the second half, again, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. To the ground we go! In a 14 play drive that started on our 20 yard line, we only passed twice, once on the third play of the drive on 3rd and 7, and at the very end, an incomplete pass on 3rd and goal from the ULL 5 yard line. We did get as close as the ULL 3 yard line, before Shane Coleman was tackled for a two yard loss, forcing us to attempt the pass. Unfortunately, Coleman again bit us, as he slipped on the wet field while making a sharp cut, causing the pass that Medlock had just released to Coleman to go flying past and landing harmlessly in the end zone. As a result, we walked away with just 3 points that drive, courtesy of a 22 yard field goal by Griffin, making to 20-0 with 4:43 left to play in the third quarter, and UL Lafayette had not even touched the ball yet in the second half.

Thankfully, our defense went back to holding tough, giving up just 5 yards on ULL’s next drive, forcing another punt and giving the ball right back with only 40 seconds off the clock. Our next offensive drive, we would only need 5 rushes before finding the end zone, as Coleman broke loose on 2nd and 3 from our 49 yard line to score a touchdown from 51 yards out, making it 27-0 with 2:37 left in the third quarter. Despite giving up a 12 yard pass, our defense was able to eventually hold the Ragin’ Cajuns and force a punt from the ULL 42 yard line, getting the ball back into the hands of our running backs with 1:39 left in the quarter. Five more rushes, moving the ball from our 16 to our 47 yard line, brought about the end of the third quarter with us leading 27-0.

Unfortunately, the new quarter brought about an end to our drive, as three plays later, after an incomplete pass on 3rd and 7, we were punting the ball back to the Ragin’ Cajuns. ULL started moving the ball on their next drive, with passes of 5 and 13 yards right off the bat, but a sack on 2nd and 10 quickly brought their drive crashing to an end and they had to punt the ball back, keeping the shutout intact. On our next offensive drive, well, it only took the Ragin’ Cajuns three and a half quarters, but they finally were able to shut us down a second straight time on the ground, as a dropped pass on 3rd and 7 forced us to punt the ball away yet again. The Cajuns meanwhile got absolutely nothing going, gaining a net 2 yards on their offensive drive, before punting the ball right back. Bad news for ULL was, those two failed drives by our offense appeared to be flukes, as the terror that is our backfield reappeared. 14 straight rushes, and not a single pass, moved our offense from our 23 yard line all the way down to the ULL 3 yard line, before 4th and goal forced us to kick a 20 yard field goal, making it 30-0 with 2 seconds left to play in the game, chewing up essentially all of the 5 minutes and 34 seconds that were on the clock at the start of our drive. The kickoff return brought about the end of the game, securing the second ever shutout in school history, and our first since our 42-0 win over Butler in 2002.

With the win, we improve to 9-3 on the season, 7-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. With the loss, UL Lafayette drops to 2-10, 1-7 in the conference. Up next, well, I don't know. Whoever our bowl opponent will officially be.

As for the conference, your outright 2012 Sun Belt Conference champions, the Florida International Golden Panthers, finishing with a record of 7-1, one game ahead of 6-2 Troy. Looking at the bowl season, ourselves, Troy (10-2, 6-2), and Arkansas State (7-5, 5-3) are the only teams to become bowl eligible, as Florida Atlantic dropped their final two games to us and Arkansas State to end the year 5-7.

Final Score
:FIU: 30, :Louisiana: 0



Stat(s) of the Game:
FIU Offense – Running. Is. God. 69 rushes, to 11 passes, and the Ragin’ Cajuns could barely stop us all game.

FIU Defense – Finally, our defense showed the skill that they showed earlier in the season, pitching our first shutout since 2002.

FIU Kicking – Griffin had another perfect day, going 3-3 for on field goals and 3-3 on extra points.



Scoring Summary

Team	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Final Score
:FIU:	7	10	10	3	30
:Louisiana:	0	0	0	0	0

Time	Team	Result	Play	Score
First Quarter
0:15	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Hardin, 1 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 7-0
Second Quarter
5:58	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 34 yard field goal	:FIU: 10-0
1:19	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Harden, 23 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 17-0
Third Quarter
4:46	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 21 yard field goal	:FIU: 20-0
2:37	:FIU:	Touchdown	S. Coleman, 51 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 27-0
Fourth Quarter
0:02	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 20 yard field goal	:FIU: 30-0

Game Stats

Florida International	Stat	UL Lafayette
30	Score	0
25	First Downs	10
474	Total Offense	181
69 - 434 - 3	Rushes - Yards - TD	15 - 54- 0
6 - 11 - 0	Comp - Att - TD	11 - 32 - 0
40	Passing Yards	127
0	Times Sacked	3
7 - 14 (50%)	3rd Down Conversion	4 - 13 (30%)
0 - 0 (0%)	4th Down Conversion	0 - 0 (0%)
0 - 0 (0%)	2-Point Conv	0 - 0 (0%)
4 - 1 - 3 (100%)	Red Zone - TD - FG	3 - 0 - 0 (0%)
0	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles Lost	0
0	Intercepted	0
25	Punt Return Yards	0
0	Kick Return Yards	22
499	Total Yards	203
4 – 46.8	Punts - Average	9 - 43.0
2 - 30	Penalties	4 - 30
26:53	Time of Possession	9:07

Florida International Contract Goals Update

Fail Impact	Goal	Progress	Pass Impact
:3redarrow:	500+ rushing yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
	Win 8 games in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	2000+ total offensive yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	7+ passing TD in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	10+ points per game in each season	34 PPG	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	2400+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
:2redarrow:	Win 4 games in one season	:check:	:1greenarrow:
:6redarrow:	2000+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:

Job Security Status

69%

Pure. Unadulterated. Domination. Via rushing.

Now that I finally have a break from work for a day or two, about to enter Championship Week. Looking back at week 15, some good games. On a personal note, Navy edged out Army 29-28 with a 39 yard field goal with 14 seconds left to play. In the game of the year for the Mountain West, #7 Boise State beat #16 San Diego State 37-31. Boise (8-0) wins the MWC, San Diego State (7-1) finishes second. For mors, sorry man, 4-8 Rutgers beat West Virginia 24-10, leaving the Mountaineers at home for a second year with a 5-7 record. And the BCS championship game will be represented by the Big 12, as #1 Oklahoma beat #6 Oklahoma State, 29-19. #2 TCU is currently in line to play Oklahoma in the championship game, however, LSU is close enough behind TCU in the BCS rankings, that they could potentially jump TCU if they win the SEC Championship game.

Conference Championship Week

Conference	Winning Team	Record	Score	Losing Team	Record
:ACC_Championship:	(11) :Virginia_Tech:	11-2 (7-2)	34-31	(23) :Maryland:	10-3 (7-2)
:B1G_Championship:	(9) :Penn_State:	12-1 (8-1)	42-24	(25) :Michigan:	10-3 (6-3)
:CUSA:	(7) :UCF:	13-0 (10-0)	35-21	:Houston:	9-4 (7-3)
:MAC_Championship:	:Miami_OH:	9-4 (9-0)	28-23	:Western_Michigan:	8-5 (6-3)
:Pac_12:	(12) :Stanford:	11-2 (8-2)	42-35	(14) :Utah:	10-3 (7-3)
:SEC_Championship:	(3) :LSU:	11-2 (8-1)	39-25	(22) :Georgia:	9-4 (6-3)

Unlike last year, no upsets on conference championship week this year.

Ugh. If LSU jumps TCU with two losses, I'm gonna be pissed.

Pre-Bowl Games Update


Final BCS Standings

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Rank	LW	Team	Wins	Losses	Points
1	1	Oklahoma	11	1	1.000
2	2	TCU	11	1	.994
3	3	LSU	11	2	.989
4	4	Wisconsin	10	2	.981
5	5	Auburn	10	2	.978
6	9	UCF	13	0	.973
7	6	Michigan State	10	2	.961
8	7	Boise State	10	2	.961
9	8	Penn State	12	1	.961
10	10	Oklahoma State	10	2	.947
11	11	Stanford	11	2	.935
12	12	Virginia Tech	11	2	.931
13	13	Alabama	9	3	.920
14	15	Iowa	10	2	.912
15	16	Nevada	10	2	.901
16	17	Georgia Tech	9	3	.894
17	18	Pittsburgh	9	3	.894
18	19	Baylor	9	3	.881
19	14	Utah	10	3	.872
20	20	San Diego State	10	2	.861
21	22	Washington	9	3	.856
22	21	Oregon	9	3	.852
23	---	Clemson	10	2	.840
24	---	Ole Miss	8	4	.835
25	---	Connecticut	9	3	.825

Conference Standings

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* - Played in Conference Championship Game

ACC

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against	Division Record
Atlantic Division
#1	Maryland*	10-3	.760	7-2	444	260	5-0
#2	(23) Clemson	10-2	.830	6-2	323	209	3-2
#3	Boston College	7-5	.580	4-4	324	232	2-3
#4	Florida State	4-8	.330	3-5	274	334	1-4
#5	Wake Forest	6-6	.500	3-5	350	376	2-3
#6	NC State	6-6	.500	3-5	299	279	2-3
Coastal Division
#1	(12) Virginia Tech*	11-2	.840	7-2	425	275	4-1
#2	(16) Georgia Tech	9-3	.750	5-3	432	216	4-1
#3	North Carolina	7-5	.580	4-4	380	304	2-3
#4	Miami	5-7	.410	3-5	295	282	3-2
#5	Virgina	5-7	.410	2-6	277	336	2-3
#6	Duke	3-9	.250	2-6	348	399	0-5

Big 12

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against
#1	(1) Oklahoma	11-1	.910	9-0	396	240
#2	(18) Baylor	9-3	.750	7-2	461	300
#3	(10) Oklahoma State	10-2	.830	7-2	406	267
#4	Texas Tech	9-3	.750	6-3	463	309
#5	Texas	6-6	.500	4-5	371	327
#6	Texas A&M	7-5	.580	4-5	395	341
#7	Kansas State	5-7	.410	3-6	325	334
#8	Kansas	5-7	.410	3-6	300	355
#9	Missouri	5-7	.410	2-7	313	378
#10	Iowa State	1-11	.080	0-9	206	379

Big East

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against
#1	(17) Pittsburgh	9-3	.750	7-1	461	273
#2	(2) TCU	11-1	.910	7-1	501	223
#3	(25) Connecticut	9-3	.750	5-3	396	224
#4	West Virginia	5-7	.410	4-4	309	366
#5	USF	7-5	.580	4-4	295	297
#6	Louisville	4-8	.330	3-5	296	334
#7	Syracuse	4-8	.330	3-5	292	391
#8	Rutgers	4-8	.330	2-6	298	367
#9	Cincinnati	3-9	.250	1-7	227	415

Big Ten

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against	Division Record
Leaders Division
#1	(9) Penn State*	12-1	.920	8-1	465	256	5-0
#2	(4) Wisconsin	10-2	.830	6-2	487	283	4-1
#3	Illinois	8-4	.660	4-4	433	294	3-2
#4	Ohio State	6-6	.500	3-5	383	298	2-3
#5	Purdue	3-9	.250	1-7	211	377	1-4
#6	Indiana	2-10	.160	0-8	257	410	0-5
Legends Division
#1	(7) Michigan State*	10-2	.830	6-2	405	206	3-2
#2	(14) Iowa	10-2	.830	6-2	415	267	5-0
#3	Michigan	10-3	.760	6-3	375	260	4-1
#4	Northwestern	7-5	.580	4-4	308	262	1-4
#5	Nebraska	5-7	.410	3-5	329	302	2-3
#6	Minnesota	3-9	.250	1-7	196	308	0-5

Conference USA

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against	Division Record
East Division
#1	(6) UCF*	13-0	1.000	10-0	515	176	5-0
#2	Southern Miss	8-4	.660	6-3	334	288	3-2
#3	ECU	4-8	.330	4-5	317	389	2-3
#4	UAB	3-9	.250	3-6	245	483	3-2
#5	Marshall	4-8	.330	2-7	266	305	1-4
#6	Memphis	1-11	.080	1-8	233	424	1-4
West Division
#1	Tulsa	8-4	.660	7-2	337	260	4-1
#2	Houston*	9-4	.690	7-3	381	317	4-1
#3	SMU	7-5	.580	6-3	359	279	4-1
#4	Tulane	6-6	.500	5-4	338	330	2-3
#5	Rice	3-9	.250	3-6	266	384	1-4
#6	UTEP	2-10	.160	1-8	156	417	0-5

Independents

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against
#1	Navy	8-4	.660	---	316	254
#2	Notre Dame	6-6	.500	---	282	326
#3	Army	4-8	.330	---	270	307
#4	BYU	3-9	.250	---	257	394

MAC

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against	Division Record
East Division
#1	Miami University*	9-4	.690	9-0	318	204	5-0
#2	Ohio	9-3	.750	6-2	369	183	4-1
#3	Kent State	7-5	.580	5-3	281	312	4-2
#4	Temple	6-6	.500	5-3	315	334	2-2
#5	Buffalo	6-6	.500	4-4	241	357	2-3
#6	Akron	4-8	.330	3-5	192	363	1-4
#7	Bowling Green	1-11	.080	0-8	141	348	0-6
West Division
#1	Northern Illinois	9-3	.750	6-2	325	165	4-1
#2	Western Michigan*	8-5	.610	6-3	415	289	5-0
#3	Toledo	6-6	.500	4-4	344	325	2-2
#4	Ball State	5-7	.410	4-4	234	310	2-3
#5	Central Michigan	1-11	.080	1-7	128	465	1-4
#6	Eastern Michigan	0-12	.000	0-8	148	418	0-4

Mountain West

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against
#1	(8) Boise State	10-2	.830	8-0	492	245
#2	(20) San Diego State	10-2	.830	7-1	387	320
#3	(15) Nevada	10-2	.830	6-2	460	247
#4	Fresno State	6-6	.500	4-4	383	307
#5	Colorado State	6-6	.500	3-5	295	279
#6	UNLV	3-9	.250	3-5	235	420
#7	Air Force	5-7	.410	3-5	255	271
#8	New Mexico	3-9	.250	2-6	256	428
#9	Wyoming	0-12	.000	0-8	132	430

Pac-12

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against	Division Record
North Division
#1	(11) Stanford*	11-2	.840	8-2	433	301	4-1
#2	(21) Washington	9-3	.750	7-2	421	275	3-2
#3	(22) Oregon	9-3	.750	6-3	408	230	3-2
#4	Oregon State	8-4	.660	6-3	459	199	3-2
#5	Cal	3-9	.250	1-8	265	385	1-4
#6	Washington State	3-9	.250	1-8	241	340	1-4
South Division
#1	Utah*	10-3	.760	7-3	520	3-6	4-1
#2	USC	8-4	.660	6-3	352	297	5-0
#3	Arizona	5-7	.410	4-5	224	379	3-2
#4	UCLA	5-7	.410	4-5	295	369	2-3
#5	Arizona State	5-7	.410	3-6	364	339	1-4
#6	Colorado	3-9	.250	2-7	200	361	0-5

SEC

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against	Division Record
East Division
#1	Georgia*	9-4	.690	6-3	484	300	4-1
#2	Tennessee	6-6	.500	4-4	305	290	4-1
#3	South Carolina	6-6	.500	3-5	280	243	3-2
#4	Kentucky	6-6	.500	3-5	298	312	2-3
#5	Florida	5-7	.410	2-6	287	269	2-3
#6	Vanderbilt	1-11	.080	0-8	201	419	0-5
West Division
#1	(3) LSU*	11-2	.840	8-1	444	306	4-1
#2	(5) Auburn	10-2	.830	6-2	488	216	3-2
#3	(24) Mississippi	8-4	.660	5-3	400	335	3-2
#4	(13) Alabama	9-3	.750	5-3	394	216	2-3
#5	Arkansas	8-4	.660	5-3	461	282	2-3
#6	Mississippi State	6-6	.500	2-6	315	302	1-4

Sun Belt

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against
#1	Florida International	9-3	.750	7-1	418	313
#2	Troy	10-2	.830	6-2	449	220
#3	North Texas	5-7	.410	5-3	325	412
#4	Arkansas State	7-5	.580	5-3	402	404
#5	Florida Atlantic	5-7	.410	5-3	328	371
#6	UL Monroe	4-8	.330	3-5	244	332
#7	Mid Tennessee State	3-9	.250	3-5	191	385
#8	Western Kentucky	1-11	.080	1-7	151	415
#9	UL Lafayette	2-10	.160	1-7	224	408

WAC

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Rank	Team	Record	Percentage	Conference Record	Points For	Points Against
#1	Utah State	9-3	.750	4-1	345	321
#2	Idaho	7-5	.580	3-2	334	200
#3	San Jose State	7-5	.580	3-2	320	238
#4	Hawaii	6-6	.500	2-3	331	325
#5	Louisiana Tech	5-7	.410	2-3	277	324
#6	New Mexico State	5-7	.410	1-4	242	320

Heisman Memorial Trophy

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:Heisman_Trophy:

Rank	Player	Position	Team
#1	Jordan Wynn	QB	Utah
#2	Brynn Harvey	HB	UCF
#3	Curt Phillips	QB	Wisconsin
#4	Michael Dyer	HB	Auburn
#5	Ed Wesley	HB	TCU

Award Winners

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Award	Player	Position	Team	Year
:Heisman_Trophy:	Jordan Wynn	QB	Utah	Senior
Maxwell	Jordan Wynn	QB	Utah	Senior
Walter Camp	Jordan Wynn	QB	Utah	Senior
Bednarik	Phillip Steward	ROLB	Houston	Senior
Nagurski	Shaun Lewis	ROLB	Oklahoma State	Junior
O'Brien	Jordan Wynn	QB	Utah	Senior
Walker	Michael Dyer	HB	Auburn	Junior
Biletnikoff	Jeff Duckworth	WR	Wisconsin	Junior (RS)
Mackey	Matt Furstenburg	TE	Maryland	Senior (RS)
Outland	Mike Johnson	RT	Georgia Tech	Senior (RS)
Rimington	Jordan Rae	C	UCF	Senior (RS)
Lombardi	Lavar Edwards	RE	LSU	Senior (RS)
Best LB	Phillip Stewards	ROLB	Houston	Senior
Thorpe	Demertrius Dugar	CB	Northwestern	Senior (RS)
Groza	Matt Hogan	K	Houston	Senior (RS)
Guy	Will Hagerup	P	Michigan	Junior
Best Returner	Alexander Torres	WR	Texas Tech	Senior

All Americans

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All-NCAA

1st Team

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Position	Player	Team	Year
Offense
QB	Jordan Wynn	Utah	Senior
HB	Brynn Harvey	UCF	Senior (RS)
HB	Michael Dyer	Auburn	Junior
WR	Jeff Duckworth	Wisconsin	Junior (RS)
WR	Chris Potter	Boise State	Senior (RS)
TE	Matt Furstenburg	Maryland	Senior (RS)
C	Jordan Rae	UCF	Senior (RS)
RG	Johnnie Urschel	Penn State	Junior (RS)
RG	Zach Matthias	Wisconsin	Junior (RS)
RT	Eric Schultz	Utah State	Junior (RS)
RT	Mike Johnson	Georgia Tech	Senior (RS)
Defense
LE	Jonathon Massaquoi	Troy	Senior (RS)
RE	Lavar Edwards	LSU	Senior (RS)
DT	Jerrico Lee	Florida International	Junior
DT	Sione Tuihalamaka	Arizona	Junior (RS)
MLB	Kenny Demens	Michigan	Senior (RS)
ROLB	Phillip Steward	Houston	Senior
ROLB	Shaun Lewis	Oklahoma State	Junior
CB	John Hardy Tuliau	Hawaii	Junior
CB	Demertrius Dugar	Northwestern	Senior (RS)
FS	Malcolm Willis	Penn State	Junior
SS	Clayton Geather	UCF	Junior
K	Matt Hogan	Houston	Senior (RS)
P	Will Hagerup	Michigan	Junior
Returner	Ricky Johnson	Tulsa	Senior

2nd Team

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Position	Player	Team	Year
Offense
QB	Curt Phillips	Wisconsin	Senior (RS)
HB	Ed Wesley	TCU	Senior (RS)
HB	Mike Ball	Nevada	Senior (RS)
WR	Josh Boyce	TCU	Junior (RS)
WR	Brandon Wimberly	Nevada	Senior (RS)
TE	Kendrick Moeai	Utah	Senior (RS)
C	Tevita Stevens	Utah	Senior (RS)
RG	Ty Horn	TCU	Junior (RS)
RG	Jack Mewhort	Ohio State	Junior (RS)
RT	Ricky Wagner	Wisconsin	Senior (RS)
RT	Donovan Smith	Penn State	Sophomore
Defense
LE	Talia Crichton	Washington	Senior
LE	Gregory Smith	Arizona State	Senior
DT	Austin Brown	Miami University	Senior
DT	Frederick Trujillo	San Diego State	Senior (RS)
LOLB	Boseko Lokombo	Oregon	Junior (RS)
MLB	Kevin Minter	LSU	Junior (RS)
ROLB	Keith Smith	San Jose State	Junior
CB	Josh Robinson	UCF	Senior
CB	Gabe Lynn	Oklahoma	Junior (RS)
FS	Marcus Trice	Oklahoma	Senior
SS	Jairus Jones	Michigan State	Junior (RS)
K	Dan Conroy	Michigan State	Senior (RS)
P	Alex Butterworth	Penn State	Junior
Returner	Stepfan Taylor	Stanford	Senior

Freshman Team

Spoiler: show

Position	Player	Team	Year
Offense
QB	Ricky Bell	Air Force	Freshman
HB	Marcel Frank	Miami (FL)	Freshman
HB	Daniel Peterson	Connecticut	Freshman
WR	Patrick Jones	Alabama	Freshman
WR	Jason Carter	Oklahoma	Freshman
TE	Jeff Luke	Hawaii	Freshman
LT	Darryl Jackson	Oregon State	Freshman (RS)
LG	Chris Johnson	Wisconsin	Freshman
LG	Ryan Nowicki	Penn State	Freshman (RS)
C	Rashaud Hall	Oregon	Freshman
RT	Tyler Johnstone	Oregon	Freshman (RS)
Defense
RE	Shawn Oakman	Penn State	Freshman (RS)
RE	Corey Crawford	Clemson	Freshman (RS)
DT	Brandon Tate	USC	Freshman
DT	Otis Wayne	Alabama	Freshman
LOLB	C.J. Tatum	LSU	Freshman
MLB	Robert Jones	Texas	Freshman
ROLB	Darnell Cummings	Utah State	Freshman
CB	Derrick Ruffin	LSU	Freshman
CB	Brian Williams	Pittsburgh	Freshman
FS	Justin Silva	Arkansas	Freshman
SS	Bernard King	Boise State	Freshman
K	Dan Brown	Texas Tech	Freshman
P	Chris Williams	TCU	Freshman
Returner	Justice Hayes	Michigan	Freshman (RS)

All-Sun Belt

1st Team

Spoiler: show

Position	Player	Team	Year
Offense
QB	Corey Robinson	Troy	Junior (RS)
HB	Darrian Mallary	Florida International	Junior (RS)
HB	Frankie Jackson	Arkansas State	Sophomore (RS)
WR	Jamel Johnson	Troy	Junior
WR	Darius Carey	North Texas	Senior
TE	Darian Williams	Florida Atlantic	Senior (RS)
LT	James Williams	Arkansas State	Junior
LG	Jacob Creech	Troy	Senior (RS)
C	Lance Gunn	Troy	Junior
RG	Jimmie Arnold	Troy	Junior (RS)
RT	Kyle Wilborn	Troy	Senior (RS)
Defense
LE	Jonathan Massaquoi	Troy	Senior (RS)
LE	Timothy Starson	Troy	Senior (RS)
DT	Jerrico Lee	Florida International	Junior
DT	Aaron Williams	Troy	Junior (RS)
MLB	Nathan Herrold	Arkansas State	Senior (RS)
ROLB	Nick Helms	Arkansas State	Senior
ROLB	Cameron Blakes	UL Monroe	Senior
CB	Emmanuel Souarin	Florida International	Senior (RS)
CB	Tausean Holmes	Arkansas State	Senior
FS	Chris Pickett	Troy	Junior
SS	Cam Hudson	Troy	Junior
K	J.T. Evans	Troy	Freshman
P	Josh Davis	Mid Tennessee State	Junior (RS)
Returner	Shawn Southward	Troy	Senior

2nd Team

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Position	Player	Team	Year
Offense
QB	Jake Medlock	Florida International	Junior
HB	Jeremiah Harden	Florida International	Senior (RS)
FB	Yobes Walker	UL Lafayette	Senior (RS)
WR	Allen Muse	Arkansas State	Senior
WR	Deandre Richardson	Florida Atlantic	Junior (RS)
TE	Gavin Ellis	Troy	Junior (RS)
LT	Terrence Jones	Troy	Sophomore (RS)
C	Judd Hunt	Mid Tennessee State	Sophomore (RS)
RG	Coleman Feeley	North Texas	Senior (RS)
RG	Cliff Tolbert	Arkansas State	Senior
RT	Jake Campbell	Arkansas State	Junior (RS)
Defense
LE	Tourek Williams	Florida International	Senior
RE	Isame Faciane	Florida International	Junior
DT	Amos Draper	Arkansas State	Junior (RS)
DT	Jimmy Jean	Florida Atlantic	Senior (RS)
LOLB	Grant Gill	Arkansas State	Sophomore (RS)
LOLB	Kanorris Davis	Troy	Senior (RS)
MLB	David Hinds	Florida Atlantic	Senior
CB	Marquise Dixon	Mid Tennessee State	Junior (RS)
CB	Terrance Taylor	Florida International	Junior (RS)
FS	Jonathan Cyprien	Florida International	Senior
SS	Isaiah Newsome	UL Monroe	Junior (RS)
K	Zach Olen	North Texas	Junior
P	Josh Brisk	Florida International	Senior (RS)
Returner	Brandon Hardy	UL Monroe	Senior

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Ugh. If LSU jumps TCU with two losses, I'm gonna be pissed.

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You're in luck. TCU managed to hold off LSU, .994 to .989. That sets up #1 Oklahoma vs. #2 TCU for the National Championship, which is also, A REMATCH! Back on the very first week of the season, TCU beat Oklahoma (thus handing the Sooners their only loss of the year), 42-17.

Any chance you could look at UCF's schedule? Did they beat anyone worth mentioning because it's utter bullshit that they aren't higher up.

Not too happy about the rematch then. UCF should have their chance damn it! ;)

2012 Conference Champions

Conference	Team	Record	Conference Record		CCG Loser	Record	Conference Record
:ACC:	:Virginia_Tech:	11-2	7-2		:Maryland:	10-3	7-2
:Big_12:	:Oklahoma:	11-1	9-0
:Big_East:	:Pitt:	9-3	7-1
:Big_Ten:	:Penn_State:	12-1	8-1		:Michigan:	10-3	6-3
:CUSA:	:UCF:	13-0	10-0		:Houston:	9-4	7-3
:MAC:	:Miami_OH:	9-4	9-0		:Western_Michigan:	8-5	6-3
:Mountain_West:	:Boise_State:	10-2	8-0
:Pac_12:	:Stanford:	11-2	8-2		:Utah:	10-3	7-3
:SEC:	:LSU:	10-2	8-1		:Georgia:	9-4	6-3
:Sun_Belt:	:FIU:	9-3	7-1
:WAC:	:Utah_State:	9-3	4-1

Also, NICE! You got a First Team All-American! I'm willing to bet that's the first time a FIU player has ever been on that list.

And, out of curiosity, what where the stats for the Heisman candidates? Utah's QB winning all of those awards is pretty amazing. He must have had an incredible year.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Any chance you could look at UCF's schedule? Did they beat anyone worth mentioning because it's utter bullshit that they aren't higher up.

Not too happy about the rematch then. UCF should have their chance damn it! ;)

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:D Sure thing.

UCF's Schedule

Team	Opponent Record	Score
at Akron	4-8	38-3
Florida International	9-3	29-19
at Rice	3-9	45-7
UTEP	2-10	51-7
at Marshall	4-8	24-10
at Kansas State	5-7	41-20
Tulsa	8-4	38-33
at Houston	9-4	20-6
at Memphis	1-11	50-10
UAB	3-9	51-17
Southern Miss	8-4	49-13
at East Carolina	4-8	44-10
vs. Houston (CCG)	9-4	35-21

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Also, NICE! You got a First Team All-American! I'm willing to bet that's the first time a FIU player has ever been on that list.

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I know, that caught me by surprise. I was glad to see someone show up on there. And I'm willing to bet that as well. In fact, just sort of briefly looking through the last two or three years of All-American teams, FIU's not on them anywhere, not even with T.Y. Hilton, so I'd say that Jerrico Lee is the first FIU player ever on it.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

And, out of curiosity, what where the stats for the Heisman candidates? Utah's QB winning all of those awards is pretty amazing. He must have had an incredible year.

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2012 Stats for Jordan Wynn

272-405, 4074 yards, 45 TDs, 5 INTs, 185.9 QB Rating, 67.2 Completion Percentage, 313.4 Average Yards per Game. On top of that, ran for 470 yards on 136 carries, 3.4 average, and 5 rushing TDs.


2012 Stats for Brynn Harvey

1332 yards rushing on 223 attempts, 22 touchdowns, 102.5 yards per game, 6.0 yards per carry, 147 yards receiving on 9 receptions, 1 TD.


2012 Stats for Curt Phillips

212-306, 3059 yards, 33 TDs, 2 INTs, 187.5 QB Rating, 69.3 Completion Percentage, 254.9 Average Yards per game, 836 yards rushing on 140 carries, 6.0 average, 5 TDs.


2012 Stats for Michael Dyer

845 yards rushing on 131 attempts, 14 touchdowns, 70.4 yards per game, 6.5 yards per carry, 536 yards receiving on 39 receptions, 9 TDs.


2012 Stats for Ed Wesley

1151 yards rushing on 184 attempts, 14 touchdowns, 95.9 yards per game, 6.3 yards per carry, 230 yard receiving on 16 receptions, 3 TDs.

I'm about to start typing up the Bowl Rundown schedule. If I counted correctly, 70 teams are bowl eligible. 34 bowls in the game, 68 slots, 2 teams are getting screwed this year.

2012 Bowl Season Rundown

Bowl Game	Conference	Record	Team		Team	Record	Conference		Date/Result
:New_Mexico_Bowl:	:ACC:	6-6 (3-5)	:NC_State:	vs.	:Temple:	6-6 (5-3)	:MAC:		12/19 - 3:00PM
:Beef_O_Bradys_Bowl:	:CUSA:	8-4 (6-3)	:Southern_Miss:	vs.	:Toledo:	6-6 (4-4)	:MAC:		12/19- 8:00PM
:New_Orleans_Bowl:	:CUSA:	7-5 (6-3)	:SMU:	vs.	:FIU:	9-3 (7-1)	:Sun_Belt:		12/20 - 8:30PM
:Las_Vegas_Bowl:	:Pac_12:	8-4 (6-3)	:Oregon_State:	vs.	(20) :San_Diego_State:	10-2 (7-1)	:Mountain_West:		12/22 - 8:00PM
:Poinsettia_Bowl:	:MAC:	6-6 (4-4)	:Buffalo:	vs.	(15) :Nevada:	10-2 (6-2)	:Mountain_West:		12/23 - 5:00PM
:Hawaii_Bowl:	:CUSA:	6-6 (5-4)	:Tulane:	vs.	:Florida:	5-7 (2-6)	:SEC:		12/24 - 3:00PM
:LittleCaesars_Bowl:	:SEC:	6-6 (3-5)	:Kentucky:	vs.	:Northern_Illinois:	9-3 (6-2)	:MAC:		12/26 - 2:00PM
:Belk_Bowl:	:ACC:	7-5 (4-4)	:North_Carolina:	vs.	:Notre_Dame:	6-6	Independent		12/26 - 4:30PM
:Fight_Hunger_Bowl:	:Sun_Belt:	7-5 (5-3)	:Arkansas_State:	vs.	:USC:	8-4 (6-3)	:Pac_12:		12/26 - 8:00PM
:Music_City_Bowl:	:SEC:	6-6 (4-4)	:Tennessee:	vs.	:BC:	7-5 (4-4)	:ACC:		12/27 - 8:30PM
:Independence_Bowl:	:Mountain_West:	6-6 (4-4)	:Fresno_State:	vs.	:Wake_Forest:	6-6 (3-5)	:ACC:		12/28 - 4:30PM
:Military_Bowl:	:MAC:	8-5 (6-3)	:Western_Michigan:	vs.	:Navy:	8-4	Independent		12/29 - 4:30PM
:Champs_Sports_Bowl:	:Big_East:	9-3 (5-3)	(25) :Connecticut:	vs.	(23) :Clemson:	10-2 (6-2)	:ACC:		12/29 - 8:00PM
:Humanitarian_Bowl:	:MAC:	9-3 (6-2)	:Ohio:	vs.	:Utah_State:	9-3 (4-1)	:WAC:		12/30 - 2:00PM
:Holiday_Bowl:	:Big_12:	6-6 (4-5)	:Texas:	vs.	(19) :Utah:	10-3 (7-3)	:Pac_12:		12/30 - 5:00PM
:Sun_Bowl:	:Pac_12:	9-3 (6-3)	(22) :Oregon:	vs.	(16) :Georgia_Tech:	9-3 (5-3)	:ACC:		12/31 - 12:00PM
:Armed_Forces_Bowl:	:SEC:	6-6 (2-6)	:Mississippi_State:	vs.	:Colorado_State:	6-6 (3-5)	:Mountain_West:		12/31 - 12:00PM
:Liberty_Bowl:	:Big_East:	7-5 (4-4)	:USF:	vs.	:Tulsa:	8-4 (7-2)	:CUSA:		12/31 - 2:00PM
:Texas_Bowl:	:Big_Ten:	7-5 (4-4)	:Northwestern:	vs.	:Texas_A&M:	7-5 (4-5)	:Big_12:		12/31 - 2:00PM
:Insight_Bowl:	:Big_12:	9-3 (6-3)	:Texas_Tech:	vs.	:Illinois:	8-4 (4-4)	:Big_Ten:		12/31 - 6:00PM
:Chick_fil_A_Bowl:	:SEC:	9-3 (5-3)	(13) :Alabama:	vs.	:Maryland:	10-3 (7-2)	:ACC:		12/31 - 7:30PM
:Outback_Bowl:	:SEC:	9-4 (6-3)	:Georgia:	vs.	(14) :Iowa:	10-2 (6-2)	:Big_Ten:		1/1 - 11:00AM
:Capital_One_Bowl:	:SEC:	10-2 (6-2)	(5) :Auburn:	vs.	(7) :Michigan_State:	10-2 (6-2)	:Big_Ten:		1/1 - 1:00PM
:Gator_Bowl:	:SEC:	8-4 (5-3)	:Arkansas:	vs.	:Michigan:	10-3 (6-3)	:Big_Ten:		1/1 - 1:00PM
:TicketCity_Bowl:	:CUSA:	9-4 (7-3)	:Houston:	vs.	:Ohio_State:	6-6 (3-5)	:Big_Ten:		1/1 - 3:30PM
:Alamo_Bowl:	:Big_12:	10-2 (7-2)	(10) :Oklahoma_State:	vs.	(21) :Washington:	9-3 (7-2)	:Pac_12:		1/2 - 8:00PM
:GoDaddycom_Bowl:	:MAC:	9-4 (9-0)	:Miami_OH:	vs.	:Troy:	10-2 (6-2)	:Sun_Belt:		1/6 - 6:00PM
:Cotton_Bowl:	:SEC:	8-4 (5-3)	(24) :Ole_Miss:	vs.	(18) :Baylor:	9-3 (7-2)	:Big_12:		1/6 - 8:00PM
:BBVA_Compass_Bowl:	:MAC:	7-5 (5-3)	:Kent_State:	vs.	:South_Carolina:	6-6 (3-5)	:SEC:		1/8 - 2:00PM

2012 BCS Bowls

Bowl Game	Conference	Record	Team		Team	Record	Conference		Date/Result
:Rose_Bowl:	:Big_Ten:	12-1 (8-1)	(9) :Penn_State:	vs.	(11) :Stanford:	11-2 (8-2)	:Pac_12:		1/2 - 5:00PM
:Sugar_Bowl:	:SEC:	11-2 (8-1)	(3) :LSU:	vs.	(6) :UCF:	13-0 (10-0)	:CUSA:		1/2 - 8:00PM
:Orange_Bowl:	:ACC:	11-2 (7-2)	(12) :Virginia_Tech:	vs.	(8) :Boise_State:	10-2 (8-0)	:Mountain_West:		1/3 - 8:00PM
:Fiesta_Bowl:	:Big_Ten:	10-2 (6-2)	(4) :Wisconsin:	vs.	(17) :Pitt:	9-3 (7-1)	:Big_East:		1/4 - 8:00PM
:BCS_Trophy:	:Big_East:	11-1 (7-1)	(2) :TCU:	vs.	(1) :Oklahoma:	11-1 (9-0)	:Big_12:		1/9 - 8:00PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

:D Sure thing.

UCF's Schedule

Team	Opponent Record	Score
at Akron	4-8	38-3
Florida International	9-3	29-19
at Rice	3-9	45-7
UTEP	2-10	51-7
at Marshall	4-8	24-10
at Kansas State	5-7	41-20
Tulsa	8-4	38-33
at Houston	9-4	20-6
at Memphis	1-11	50-10
UAB	3-9	51-17
Southern Miss	8-4	49-13
at East Carolina	4-8	44-10
vs. Houston (CCG)	9-4	35-21

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Wow. They got fuckin' screwed. I'm mad. :D

WOW! 5-7 Florida is going to the Hawaii Bowl. That means 3 teams somehow got screwed out of a bowl game. Those teams were:

Idaho - 7-5 (3-2)
San Jose State - 7-5 (3-2)
Hawaii - 6-6 (2-3)

And, with a 5-7 Florida team getting into a bowl game, that means the SEC has 11 teams playing in bowl games.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Wow. They got fuckin' screwed. I'm mad. :D

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Well, they get a chance to show their record isn't a fluke, as they play #3 LSU in the Sugar Bowl.

Oh yeah, and it's Arkansas State's turn to get bent over by USC in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl this year. :D

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

I know, that caught me by surprise. I was glad to see someone show up on there. And I'm willing to bet that as well. In fact, just sort of briefly looking through the last two or three years of All-American teams, FIU's not on them anywhere, not even with T.Y. Hilton, so I'd say that Jerrico Lee is the first FIU player ever on it.

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Wow. That's awesome stuff man. Way to put them on the map!

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

2012 Stats for Jordan Wynn

272-405, 4074 yards, 45 TDs, 5 INTs, 185.9 QB Rating, 67.2 Completion Percentage, 313.4 Average Yards per Game. On top of that, ran for 470 yards on 136 carries, 3.4 average, and 5 rushing TDs.


2012 Stats for Brynn Harvey

1332 yards rushing on 223 attempts, 22 touchdowns, 102.5 yards per game, 6.0 yards per carry, 147 yards receiving on 9 receptions, 1 TD.


2012 Stats for Curt Phillips

212-306, 3059 yards, 33 TDs, 2 INTs, 187.5 QB Rating, 69.3 Completion Percentage, 254.9 Average Yards per game, 836 yards rushing on 140 carries, 6.0 average, 5 TDs.


2012 Stats for Michael Dyer

845 yards rushing on 131 attempts, 14 touchdowns, 70.4 yards per game, 6.5 yards per carry, 536 yards receiving on 39 receptions, 9 TDs.


2012 Stats for Ed Wesley

1151 yards rushing on 184 attempts, 14 touchdowns, 95.9 yards per game, 6.3 yards per carry, 230 yard receiving on 16 receptions, 3 TDs.

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Thanks man. Kinda looks like what happened this year with Griffin III and Luck but with Wynn and Phillips. Interesting stuff.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Well, they get a chance to show their record isn't a fluke, as they play #3 LSU in the Sugar Bowl.

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Yeah. That sucks for them though cause they'll probably lose. :(

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Wow. That's awesome stuff man. Way to put them on the map!

Thanks man. Kinda looks like what happened this year with Griffin III and Luck but with Wynn and Phillips. Interesting stuff.

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Yeah, I think I might end up staying at Florida International for a lot longer than just 3 years. My original plan was to play out the contract with FIU, then bolt for greener pastures, but I think I might be hanging around for a while with these guys.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

Yeah. That sucks for them though cause they'll probably lose. :(

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I don't know. UCF is rated B+ across the board, so they're not too far behind LSU in ratings. And looking at the rankings, this should be a good one.

Rankings	LSU	UCF
Overall Rating	A+	B+
Offense Rating	A+	B+
Defense Rating	A-	B+
Points per Game	34.1 (#20)	39.6 (#6)
Total Offense	6199 (#2)	6159 (#3)
Rush Offense	2472 (#15)	2975 (#4)
Pass Offense	3727 (#12)	3184 (#27)
Total Defense	4366 (#46)	3616 (#8)
Rush Defense	1666 (#30)	1356 (#1)
Pass Defense	2700 (#77)	2260 (#27)
Turnover Diff	-2 (#78)	17 (#1)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

:SMU: :@: :FIU:



Game Notes

--- After a successful year, going 9-3 on the season, 7-1 in the Sun Belt Conference, and winning our second ever conference championship, we are entering our third ever bowl game in team history, also third consecutive bowl game. Looking back at our brief bowl history, we won our first time back in 2010 in the Little Caesars Bowl, beating Toledo 34-32 in a last second thriller. Last season, in our second bowl game, we faced the Trojans of USC in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, and went home with a 40-10 blowout loss. This year, we enter our third straight bowl game, also yet another new bowl game, this time playing SMU in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. SMU enters with a 7-5 record, 6-3 in Conference-USA action, where they finished in 5th place in the conference, 3rd in the West Division. Seeing as the bowl game is played in the Superdome, weather would not be a factor in this game. Being it was a bowl game, our last game of the year, and the last game our seniors would ever play in a FIU uniform, we broke out the alternate unis, wearing our black jerseys instead of our traditional navy home jerseys. SMU won the coin toss and elected to kick, getting the game underway.

After a touchback, our offense came out ready to go to work. Looking to test out SMU's defense on this first drive of the game, we took a crack at them on the ground on the first two plays, gaining only 3 yards in the end, signifying that yards via rushing were not going to come as easily as they had in our game against UL Lafayette. A 5 yard pass from Jake Medlock to Darrian Mallary, who finally returned after being injured the last couple games, on 3rd and 6 resulted in the first punt of the game. SMU came out throwing punches, as Conner Preston connected with Keenan Holman for a 30 yard pass on SMU's first offensive play of the day, advancing the ball to our 32 yard line. The drive would quickly end for SMU however, as on the next play, Preston threw an interception to Terrance Taylor, giving us the ball back on our 10 yard line. Trying to prove that anything they could do, we could do better, we used passes of 19, 26, 19 and 6 yards to move the ball clear down to the SMU 22 yard line, before a pass attempt on 3rd and 4 bounced right off the hands of Mallary, forcing Jack Griffin to kick a 39 yard field goal, giving us a 3-0 lead with 5:31 left in the quarter.

SMU went right back to the air on their next drive, advancing the ball 27 yards to their own 47 yard line, before an incomplete pass on 3rd and 5 forced the Mustangs to punt the ball away yet again. Unfortunately, it was a very quick three and out for us, before we had to punt the ball back. This time, SMU would not be stopped by our defense, using passes of 9, 9, 17 and 8 yards, along with an 11 yard rush (SMU's first run of the game) before Preston found Darius Johnson in the back of the end zone for an 8 yard touchdown, giving SMU the 7-3 lead with 2:42 left in the first quarter. With a 26 yard pass to Domonique Rhymes on 2nd and 10, Medlock passed Wesley Carroll's team record for most passing yards in a season with 3,865 yards, breaking Carroll's old record of 3,859 yards. Two plays later, Medlock threw up a deep pass to Jacob Younger, trying to retake the lead, only to have it intercepted by SMU's cornerback Robert Mojica, giving the Mustangs the ball back on their own 3 yard line. SMU at first appeared destined to punt, as a 4 yard rush and an incomplete pass had them facing 3rd and 6, then everything collapsed. A 15 yard pass gave the Mustangs a first down, a pass interference penalty on our defense gave them another first down, a 37 yard pass on 3rd and 2 gave them a new set of downs on our 17 yard line, and after a pair of rushes set up 3rd and 3 on our 10 yard line, a 10 yard pass from Preston to Jeremy Johnson gave the Mustangs another touchdown and a 14-3 lead as the clock ran out on the first quarter.

Trying to get back into the game, and avoid having it turn into the 2012 version of our bowl game against USC last year, our offense quickly went back to the air, as Medlock connected with Glenn Coleman for a 26 yard pass on first down, getting us quickly out to our 42 yard line. A 29 yard pass to Rhymes got us a new set of downs at the SMU 29 yard line. A pair of short passes to Jeremiah Harden on 2nd and 3rd downs, and we had another 1st down on the SMU 16 yard line. Two plays later, Medlock found Younger at the 1 yard line next to the sideline, who caught it and backed into the end zone for a 16 yard touchdown pass, closing SMU's lead to 14-10 with 7:22 left in the second quarter. Our defense managed to hold SMU on their next drive, thanks in part to a sack for a loss of 7 yards, nullifying the 6 yard gain the Mustangs had got on 1st down, and causing the 8 yard gain on 3rd down to not be enough for the 1st down, forcing the Mustangs to punt the ball away after just three plays.

After our offense went three and out and punted the ball back, SMU was only able to gain 9 yards on their next drive, before facing 4th and 1 from our 39 yard line. The Mustangs attempted the 56 yard field goal, but it ended up falling well short of the goal post, starting our next drive at our own 39 yard line. A 21 yard pass to Rhymes on 3rd and 10, followed immediately by an 18 yard pass to Younger, and we had a first down on the SMU 22 yard line. Two incomplete passes later, and Medlock was attempting a pass to Rhymes on 3rd and 10, only to have two defenders converge on Rhymes, one of them intercepting the ball for a second time at the SMU 5 yard line. However, a flag on the play was called for defensive pass interference, which we accepted, giving us the ball back, 1st and goal, on the SMU 7 yard line, a 14 yard penalty in the end against the defense. A quick pass by Medlock to tight end Yakeem Griner got the ball clear down to the goal line, setting up Mallary to try and take it in from 1 yard out. That however would not happen, as the defense instantly broke through our line, tackling Mallary for a loss of 2 yards. An incomplete pass attempt to Younger on 3rd and goal, and we were forced to attempt a field goal from 19 yards out, which Griffin converted to make it 14-13 with 3:34 left in the half. Aided by a 28 yard kickoff return, SMU needed only 5 plays to respond, as Preston completed passes of 16, 13, 23 and 18 yards to make it 21-13 with only a minute falling off the clock.

Another three and out, and our offense was forced to punt it back with 1:59 left to play. A 33 yard pass on 3rd and 10 from SMU's 30 yard kept their drive alive, along with passes of 10 and 5 yards, before Preston hit Derek Longoria for a 22 yard touchdown pass, making it 28-13 SMU with 1:02 left until halftime. A 47 yard pass to Coleman on 2nd and 10 gave our offense new life, giving us a new set of downs on the SMU 29 yard line with 39 seconds left to play. After a quick timeout, Medlock found Rhymes wide open in the middle of the field for a 29 yard touchdown pass, making it 28-20 SMU with 34 seconds left to play. That touchdown pass was also a record setter, as Medlock broke a second school record previously held by Carroll in this game, throwing his 21st touchdown pass of the season, besting the previous best of 20 by Carroll last year. Three and out by SMU gave us the ball back on our 29 yard line with 2 seconds left to play. We attempted a hail mary, which Younger was able to haul in, but he wasn't able to outrun the defense, getting initially caught up on his own teammate, resulting in the pass only going for a gain of 31 yards. With that, the clock ran out and we hit halftime, SMU leading 28-20.

SMU got the ball to start the second half, and things seemed to had not changed at all, as the Mustangs started the half with a 13 yard pass, then Preston connected on another 13 yard pass, this time on 3rd and 12, but SMU ultimately was forced to punt just three plays later after an incomplete pass on 3rd and 4. Knowing that the air was the only way we were going to win today, as our running game was having no a single shred of success all game, Medlock aired it out right off the bat, connected with Younger, who broke loose from his defender and ran down the sideline before finally being brought down by the safety, but not after the play had gone for a gain of 57 yards, giving us first down on the SMU 23 yard line. The very next play, a blitz by the SMU defense left Rhymes open and uncovered over the middle, resulting in a 23 yard touchdown pass from Medlock. Coach Cristobal, knowing we needed to get things evened up, elected to go for the two point conversion. A quick throw to Younger in the back corner of the end zone, and it was all tied up, 28-28 with 7:11 to play in the third quarter.

This sudden change of momentum seemed to derail SMU's offense, as they only managed a single 8 yard pass on their next drive, before being forced to punt of 4th and 2. Seeking to take advantage of the situation, we went right back into the air, where on 2nd down, our offense got some help from SMU's defense. Blown coverage on the play resulted in Coleman being left uncovered, who caught a pass from Medlock and was able to pick up 30 yards before being tackled, advancing the ball out to our 46 yard line. A 22 yard pass to Rhymes, a pair of passes to Mallary for 5 and 6 yards, and a 12 yard pass to Griner, gave us 1st and goal on the SMU 8 yard line. A blitz by damn near the entire SMU defense, left Mallary uncovered coming out of the backfield, to which Medlock completed a pass to for 7 yards, making it 2nd and goal from the SMU 1 yard line. The play however did not come without a cost, as Mallary bruised his sternum on the play, resulting in him being sidelined for a quarter. Remembering the last time we tried to run it in from 1 yard out on 2nd and goal back in the first half, we chose this time to go with a QB sneak, hoping Medlock would be able to fall in to the end zone without an effort. Medlock, like an idiot, fell down too soon, gaining only half a yard, making it 3rd and goal from the half yard line. Choosing to attempt another QB sneak, this time Medlock made sure to actually fall into the end zone for a touchdown, giving us only our second lead all game, 35-28 with 4:17 left to play in the third quarter.

This appeared to waken up SMU's offense. After getting some help via a offside penalty by our defense, the Mustangs got going, completing passes of 9 yards, 14 yards, 7 yards, 25 yards on 3rd and 3, and 11 yards to set up 1st and goal from our 6 yard line. A sack for a loss of 3rd yards on 2nd and goal pushed SMU back to our 8 yard line, which would be crucial, as a 7 yard pass by Preston to Marcus Holyfield on 3rd and goal came up short of the end zone, forcing SMU to settle for a 19 yard field goal, making it 35-31 with 1:55 left in the third quarter. SMU's own defensive play calling once again screwed them, as an engage eight call by SMU's defensive coordinator, allowed Griner to run his route uncovered, to which Medlock connected with him for a 31 yard pass before the defense was finally able to catch up with him and bring him down, giving us a 1st down at the SMU 49 yard line. Sadly, what could have been a touchdown as there was not a defender within 15 yards of Griner when he made the catch, Griner is also a very slow tight end, as opposed to one of my fast wide receivers, resulting in only a 31 yard gain instead of a potential 80 yard touchdown. Griner however made himself useful again, hauling in a 20 yard pass on 2nd and 10, making it 1st down on the SMU 29 yard line. Three plays later however, our drive came to an end as Medlock's pass attempt on 3rd and 4 got knocked down, forcing Griffin to kick a 40 yard field goal, which ended up going wide left, resulting in a completely failed drive. It was beginning to look like another SMU touchdown, as the Mustangs came out firing with passes of 27 and 5 yards, followed by a 15 yard defensive pass interference penalty, as if SMU's offense needs any further help from our defense, and a 7 yard pass, which brought about the end of the third quarter, with us clinging on to a 35-31 lead.

The fourth quarter however brought about the end of SMU's drive, as an incomplete pass on 2nd down, and Preston being sacked for a loss of 11 yards on 3rd down, pushed the Mustangs into a 4th and 13 situation from our 28 yard line. They would attempt a 45 yard field goal, but Marcelo Sada's attempt ended up sailing just to the left of the upright, giving possession back to us with 8:28 left to play in the game and a 4 point lead. A 24 yard pass from Medlock to Griner gave us not only 1st down on the SMU 48 yard line, it also resulted in Medlock's 3rd passing record of the day, as it put him at 578 yards passing for the game, breaking Carroll's previous record of 567 yards set last season. On the very next play, an audible at the line by Medlock resulted in Junior Mertile being left covered one on one along the left sideline, to which Medlock completed a 38 yard pass to Mertile, making it 1st and goal at the SMU 10 yard line. Two incomplete passes and a dropped pass by Coleman in the end zone, and we had to settle for a 27 yard field goal, making it 38-31 with 7:39 left to play. SMU's next offensive drive came and went with little fanfare. An incomplete pass on 1st down, a holding penalty on 2nd down to make it 2nd and 20, followed by two incomplete passes, made SMU punt it on 4th and 20 from their own 10 yard line, just 33 seconds coming off the clock during that drive. Punting so deep in their territory, our offense took over on the field from our own 46 yard line to start our next drive.

Looking to strike immediately and build up a two possession lead, Medlock found Rhymes open for a 22 yard pass on the first play off the possession, advancing the ball to SMU's 33 yard line. Another pass to Rhymes, this time for 19 yards, and it was 1st and 10 on the SMU 14 yard line. A 7 yard pass to make it 2nd and 3, followed by consecutive 2 yard rushes by Mallary, the first running plays our offense had called since the first quarter, and it was 1st and goal from the SMU 3 yard line. A rushing attempt on 1st and goal resulted in a 1 yard loss, making it 2nd and goal from the 4 yard line. On 2nd and goal, Medlock connected with a diving Mertile across the middle of the end zone for a 4 yard touchdown pass, however Griffin missed the extra point, making it 44-31 with 5:03 left to play. SMU tried to find a response, as Preston threw a 21 yard pass to Zach Line on 3rd and 10, giving them first down at the 50 yard line. It was there that everything came crumbling down for the Mustangs, as a false start penalty made it 1st and 15, and on the next play, Preston threw second interception of the day, once again picked off by Terrance Taylor, giving us the ball back on our 44 yard line with 4:17 left in the game. We went exclusively to the ground this drive, trying to chew up as much clock as we could. While we only managed 8 yards, and the drive only lasted 3 plays, we were able to grind the clock down to 2:32 left to play when SMU got the ball back in their possession.

SMU's offense made an effort, as Preston threw a 10 yard pass on 1st down, before giving up a 3 yard sack. On the very next play, Preston connected with Holman for a 32 yard pass, advancing the ball to our 42 yard line. Again, Preston was sacked for a loss of 3 yards, followed by two incomplete passes, forcing SMU into 4th and 13, which Preston responded with a 28 yard pass to Holyfield, getting 1st down and our 16 yard line. A holding penalty pushed the Mustangs back 10 yards, but Preston got it right back with a 10 yard pass, putting them back at the original line of scrimmage. An incomplete pass on 2nd and 10, followed by a 3 yard rush on 3rd and 10, left the Mustangs facing 4th and 6 on our 13 yard line. With our defense covering all of SMU's receivers, and the pass protection breaking down, Preston scrambled for the first down, but was tackled for only a gain of 3 yards, resulting in a turnover on downs, giving us the ball back on our 10 yard line with 56 seconds left to play. We wouldn't be able to run the clock entirely out as SMU still had 2 timeouts, but facing 3rd and 4, Medlock was able to hit Mallary coming out of the backfield for a gain of 6 yards, giving us a first down with 44 seconds left, and sealing the victory with just one kneel by Medlock.

With the win, we end our season with a 10-3 record, the most ever in school history, end the year as Sun Belt Conference Champions and New Orleans Bowl victors. With the loss, SMU drops to 7-6 for the season.

Final Score
:FIU: 44, :SMU: 31



Stat(s) of the Game:
- FIU Offense – If Medlock and the receivers didn't have as incredble a game as they did today, we lose by 30+. Also, a huge day passing for Medlock, breaking three of Wesley Carroll's old single game and single season passing records.

- FIU Defense – What defense? Granted, they made some stops (after halftime) and did just enough to keep us in it while our offense relearned how to move the ball, but for the most part, our defense seemed to be nonexistent today. I will give them credit for shutting out SMU in the 4th quarter, allowing what were only 4 and 13 point leads to stand unchallenged. The defense also managed to sack SMU's quarterback 6 times today, screwing up a couple of their drives, which was a big help.

- FIU Kicker Jack Griffin – Did good, but wasn't perfect, missing an extra point and a 40 yard field.



Scoring Summary

Team	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Final Score
:SMU:	14	14	3	0	31
:FIU:	3	17	15	9	44

Time	Team	Result	Play	Score
First Quarter
2:07	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 39 yard field goal	:FIU: 3-0
1:31	:SMU:	Touchdown	D. Johnson, 10 yard pass from C. Preston (M. Sada kick)	:SMU: 7-3
	:SMU:	Touchdown	J. Johnson, 10 yard pass from C. Preston (M. Sada kick)	:SMU: 14-3
Second Quarter
8:28	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Younger, 16 yard pass from J. Medlock (J. Griffin kick)	:SMU: 14-10
4:59	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 19 yard field goal	:SMU: 14-13
2:20	:SMU:	Touchdown	K. Holman, 17 yard pass from C. Preston (M. Sada kick)	:SMU: 21-13
0:16	:SMU:	Touchdown	D. Longoria, 21 yard pass from C. Preston (M. Sada kick)	:SMU: 28-13
	:FIU:	Touchdown	D. Rhymes, 23 yard pass from J. Medlock (J. Griffin kick)	:SMU: 28-20
Third Quarter
6:33	:FIU:	Touchdown	D. Rhymes, 23 yard pass from J. Medlock (2-point conversion)	TIED 28-28
4:16	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Medlock, 1 yard run (J. Griffin kick)	:FIU: 35-28
1:01	:SMU:	Field Goal	M. Sada, 18 yard field goal	:FIU: 35-31
Fourth Quarter
8:59	:FIU:	Field Goal	J. Griffin, 26 yard field goal	:FIU: 38-31
2:49	:FIU:	Touchdown	J. Mertile, 4 yard pass from J. Medlock (missed kick)	:FIU: 44-31

Game Stats

SMU	Stat	Florida International
31	Score	44
24	First Downs	24
620	Total Offense	691
11 - 30 - 0	Rushes - Yards - TD	15 - 17- 1
42 - 74 - 4	Comp - Att - TD	36 - 65 - 4
590	Passing Yards	674
6	Times Sacked	0
10 - 21 (47%)	3rd Down Conversion	6 - 15 (40%)
1 - 2 (50%)	4th Down Conversion	0 - 0 (0%)
0 - 0 (0%)	2-Point Conv	1 - 1 (100%)
9 - 3 - 1 (44%)	Red Zone - TD - FG	5 - 3 - 2 (100%)
2	Turnovers	1
0	Fumbles Lost	0
2	Intercepted	1
16	Punt Return Yards	14
154	Kick Return Yards	37
790	Total Yards	742
6 – 47.2	Punts - Average	5 - 44.0
5 - 50	Penalties	4 - 39
16:17	Time of Possession	19:43

Florida International Contract Goals Update

Fail Impact	Goal	Progress	Pass Impact
:3redarrow:	500+ rushing yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
	Win 8 games in one season	10	:3greenarrow:
	2000+ total offensive yards in each season	2/3 Passed	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	7+ passing TD in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
	10+ points per game in each season	35 PPG	:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:	2400+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:	:3greenarrow:
:2redarrow:	Win 4 games in one season	:check:	:1greenarrow:
:6redarrow:	2000+ total offensive yards in one season	:check:

Job Security Status

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Holy crap. That was a hell of a game. First, I think damn sure I was in for a repeat of last year's bowl game against USC when SMU jumped out to a 14-3 and then 28-13 lead. I could feel the noose tightening. Somehow, Medlock and the receivers got hot, our defense made just enough stops, we got that extremely important two point conversion, which was just a MASSIVE momentum flip in the game. After that two point conversion, SMU's offense just seemed lost, while Medlock started completing passes left and right.

It feels good though to get the bowl win. And the stats, my god. If these two teams didn't just set a bunch of bowl game or at least single game records combined, I don't know what it would take after a game like this.

As for records, Medlock now holds the FIU records for most passing yards in a game (674), most passing yards in a season (4539) and most passing TDs in a season (23). The only passing records left untouched, most passing TDs in a career (42) by Josh Padrick (2003-06), most passing TDs in a game (5) by Wesley Carroll (2011) and most passing yards in a career (9237) by Josh Padrick (2003-06). Looking at career stats, Medlock could have a chance at most passing TDs and most passing yards in a career, as Medlock currently has 24 TDs and 4631 yards passing in his career. It's going to depend on how much running we do next year as our new stud HB, Storm Johnson, will be on the field next year after having sat out this year due to transferring in.

And on the national scene, that HUGE game by Medlock, has made him the leading passer in the nation, with 4,539 yards passing, jumping Jordan Wynn of Utah (4364) and Jacob Karam of Texas Tech (4020) to claim the top spot.